Is Al Franken going to run for the soon to be vacated Senate seat of Mark Dayton? I really hope not.
I have nothing against Franken. I enjoy his work and generally agree with his politics. But for him to seriously run for office would not be a good idea. I'm not up to speed on who might be an appropriate candidate (although the idea that David Wellstone might run sounded intriguing), but I'd definitely like to see someone less likely to be turned into fodder for a thousand fundrasing drives by the Right.
I could be wrong, of course. We shall see.
UPDATE: He's not running.
