How Many Would Support Al Franken for president?
His liberal credentials are impeccable. He is famous. He won't make a fumble in a debate or in a press conference. He could attract lots of Hollywood money.
Anyone here want to draft Sen. Al Franken to run for president? At the very least, it would make the debates much more interesting and increase press coverage of the primary.
Part of my ongoing series "There must some Democrat out there who does not make the left wing puke besides Elizabeth Warren." We have already proven that Big Al Gore still has what it takes. But one or two candidates does not an interesting primary make. Come on, lefties! Prove that you are really trying to put a fellow liberal in the White House (and not just shoot down Hillary). Endorse a Democrat who could actually win.
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I can't find anything that I am opposed to in his votes and opinions, and there is a lot to like. I'm keeping an open mind for who will win the primary.
OT: Are you folks up in Alaska still warm while we are freezing out butts off down here?
I am seriously dissappointed about the snow melt. But it is fun watching everybody else deal with weirdness.
Yeah, Al Franken rocks, tho. 
Believe it or not, Beckett was friends with Andre the Giant. Can you imagine dinner with those two? 
That was awesome. "Tonight's episode: More pricks than kicks!"
Dinner with those two would definitely be a hoot!
Bernie Sanders as an Independent on but on his home page he had a score of .04 which would rank him just further right than Elizabeth Warren. This is regarding 2014 but the 2013 report card was only featured recently (now I don't know where it is) but Sanders had a little more breathing room on the right from Warren in 2013 but looking it only is based on sponsor/cosponsor behavior compared to other Senators which is only a small aspect as the link points out. However, half the time I don't provide links when I make claims but I try or wouldn't intentionally say something unless I know for a fact it was true. In this case, I over-emphasized the govtrack (which is a terrific resource regarding a Senators history but your assertion why I didn't provide a link is incorrect.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2014/senate/ideology
I don't give view the National Journal rankings with any credibility, they rated Obama as the most liberal Senator in 2007 & believe they rated Kerry as most liberal before his election against Bush. Their methodology gives vast swings left or right on 1 vote.
Looking through searches it appears ADA is the most credible regarding liberal voting records but they only have 2013 featured but so far you may be correct. Sanders is the only one of the 3 featured in "ADA heroes" but scrolling down a bit to get down to Senate grades Warren & Franken are tied with a 90% rating so my claim regarding Franken in Warren & Sanders (100%) territory is still correct & ideology scores regarding 2 different Senate behaviors (Sponsoring & voting) backed up by links
http://www.adaction.org/media/2013%20ADA%20Voting%20Record.pdf
You've just destroyed his reputation. A movement to impeach him should follow an endorsement, right?
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Your convictions are just as worthy as anyone else's convictions.
Though it does seem that for every post that is pro-Hillary seems to sink peoples heels in that she isn't the Democrat that we are looking for, and spawns two more that want another candidate.
Healthy debate is healthy.
I respect your convictions, MADem, even if I disagree with you.
... because he's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggonit, people like him! 
We need a lot more like him to fight for us in the Senate. 
I think of Franken as "better than Hillary". What sets me off - well, one of the things 
- is when a not-Hillary potential candidate has one or two things in common with Hillary, and so the crowing begins that of course I will now dislike that candidate because I am letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, and, of course, the end game there is Hillary = good. Already, the stentorian, and a little cranky, orders to swear fealty are getting old and silly and off-putting. I have read that the Clintons have their lists of people who they feel crossed them, and I wonder if what I am seeing on DU is just an extension of that. Tiresome.
Again, thank you for your reply, and I feel the same way that you do.
We so desperately need for this primary to mean something...to wake Americans up to what is being done to us and to the depth of the real, fundamental change we need.
Thanks for hearing me. I have great respect for your posts and suspected we had more in common than in disagreement.
I'll be thinking of more in the days to come but right now we have 1) Warren 2) Clinton 3) Castro 4) Gore and 5) Franken none of whom has indicated that he or she is running so they are all viable candidates. Just need four more for a baseball team---or a great primary.
Come on folks! We need to get this primary jump started!
Me! Me!
