Franken FutureAl Franken's
new book comes out today (I know, I know, I should have been camping outside Borders' if I wanted to get a copy before the book sells out). In it, he does a little gazing into his crystal ball:
Franken writes a letter to his grandchildren, dated 2015, reviewing how Democrats “took our country back.”
The unnamed president is a Democrat. President Bush has been impeached, convicted and “began drinking again, all in the space of a single afternoon.” And a Democratic senator from Minnesota is Al Franken.Of course, there are some potential problems with his future plans:
At 54, he says his political future depends, in part, on Air America Radio, the fledgling liberal talk-show network he helped start last year. But he is laying the political groundwork.
Early next year, he plans to move from New York back to Minnesota. (He left when he was 22.) He and his wife, Franni, have bought what she calls “a city home” in Minneapolis and what he calls a “town house.” He concedes: “I'm not clear on the distinction.”
He also is planning to transplant his daily three-hour radio program, The Al Franken Show, to Minneapolis. And he plans to devote a lot of time in 2006 to campaigning and fundraising for Democratic candidates in Minnesota.It all hinges on Air America? Rotsa ruck, Al!
