It's looking more likely that Al Franken will be the nominee of the Democratic party for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat in the '08 race. The Democratic nominee will run against incumbent Norm Coleman who has held the seat since 2003. Coleman is a Republican now, but was a Democrat until 1996.
Franken had been competing with Mike Ciresi and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, but Ciresi pulled out yesterday, following district conventions that took place over the weekend. Until recently, Ciresi was polling in 2nd place, but recently dropped to third. Franken is apparently in the lead. I was a Ciresi fan, so I'm disappointed.
Ciresi is a lawyer with Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi and is locally famous for suing tobacco companies on behalf of Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield resulting in a settlement of $6.1 billion settlement for the state and $469 million for Blue Cross. He didn't have sufficient grass roots party experience so he had trouble getting support of party activists.
In recent history, Minnesota has elected to high office a celebrity with no experience in government: we let pro wrestler Jesse The Body Ventura be our governor from 1999 to 2003. So we've got it in us to send Franken to Washington.
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