Yes, it could happen, because Al Franken is a Paul Wellstone Minnesota Democrat – meaning he’s a progressive Upper Midwest kind of political pragmatist. Hey, it could be weirder, this is Minnesota we’re talking about here. So: go Al!P.S. we really miss Katherine Lanpher, but fortunately the Sundance Channel is rerunning some “best of second season” episodes and she’s still there, laughing richly and keeping Al on track.UPDATE 11/18/06: It appears there will be no Senator Franken just yet, darn it, but even without him, the turnover of House and Senate control in Washington means one thing: Congressional oversight at last (“tax and spend Democrat” is a little dated, IMO).And, conservatives had better pull back on their glee that he’s leaving now-bankrupt Air America Radio: actually, he’s leaving for Iraq for yet another USO tour in support of the troops.As he’s done a number of times before.Let’s see some of his brother media types on the other side of the political fence put themselves in harm’s way for entertaing our military in Iraq, eh?

As for AAR, well, I haven’t been able to listen as often, and their begging emails got to be annoying. However, I still think they provide an important service as an alternative in talk radio.

Also, they tend to be funnier, although I pretty much just listened to Al and and Randi Rhodes. I still get a lot of hits in my stats for “Bounce Your Boobies” because of her.