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Dawning dread and desperation

How weak is the Democrat bench? Try 'President Al Franken' weak

By Robert Laurie ——--February 7, 2017

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2016 was a disastrous year for Democrats - and not just because they lost a little thing called the White House. They woke up the day after the election with champagne hangovers, caviar breath, and the horrific realization that they'd become a small, ineffectual, bi-coastal political party-ette. Worse, they were forced to admit that their media allies could no sell their tin as gold. So, they took a look at their parties "bench" to determine what comes next. ...That's when the real panic set in. The GOP had just produced a field of 16 candidates - at least 14 of which enjoyed some level of popularity. A few of them were young enough to try again in 2024, or even 2028.
Meanwhile, the Democrats ran a geriatric throwback, a socialist coot they actively tried to push out of the race, and a guy who really likes the metric system. Now, they're searching for a savior. If the National Journal is right (they're not) that savior's name is...Al Franken.
Al Franken isn’t a punch line in the Sen­ate any­more. He’s emerged as one of the Demo­crats’ most ag­gress­ive and ef­fect­ive ques­tion­ers of Pres­id­ent Trump’s Cab­in­et nom­in­ees. He’s gen­er­ated nu­mer­ous made-for-TV clips as one of the few Demo­crats will­ing to go full-bore against his party’s top tar­gets—Jeff Ses­sions, Tom Price, and Betsy De­Vos. He’s fi­nally show­ing some per­son­al­ity in the Sen­ate, punc­tu­ated by his laugh-out-loud ex­change with En­ergy Sec­ret­ary-des­ig­nate Rick Perry. And he’ll be one of nine Demo­crats on the Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee ques­tion­ing Trump’s Su­preme Court nom­in­ee, Neil Gor­such. This is Al Franken’s mo­ment in the spot­light, and if he chooses, he could par­lay his good for­tune in­to a bid for the pres­id­ency in 2020.
Are there enough illegally voting felons to get Franken to the presidency?

Please Dems. Do this. Nominate Al Franken

Probably not. And Josh Kraushaar, the guy who wrote the Journal's "think piece" seems to know it.
To be sure, Franken, 65, may not be the Demo­crats’ strongest can­did­ate in the gen­er­al elec­tion. His deeply lib­er­al polit­ics and long-stand­ing dis­missive­ness of Re­pub­lic­ans turn off many voters in the middle. But with Demo­crats look­ing for strident op­pos­i­tion to Trump in the early days of his pres­id­ency, they’re prob­ably not go­ing to be in a prag­mat­ic mood in the primar­ies.
In other words: "he probably won't win but Democrats are angry." Nominating Franken is like dating a high school drop out to get back at your parents. You'll probably dump him later, since he's not marriage material, but oh the looks on their faces when he comes to Thanksgiving dinner! Please Dems. Do this. Nominate Al Franken. Guarantee Donald Trump an 8-year stint as President of the United States.

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