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25. You would have to think that he has some sort of plan, if for nothing else

Wed Feb 16, 2022, 02:20 AM

Feb 2022

than himself and Frannie moving to New York ? And then so many of the The Only Former Senator on Tour Tour taking him to, funnily enough, New York venues.

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Al Franken: 'It would be tempting' to run for office again [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 OP

Do it, Al dalton99a Feb 2022 #1

Do it! I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #2

Yessss. Nt BootinUp Feb 2022 #3

I wish you would! You would have my definite support (and I suspect, the support of quite a few SWBTATTReg Feb 2022 #4

I think he would win Skittles Feb 2022 #5

When he appeared last November in Albany, New York (to a sold out audience) he was urged to run again Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #12

New York, eh? summer_in_TX Feb 2022 #6

My thoughts exactly. Would be a poetic justice. question everything Feb 2022 #7

Oh yes, wouldn't it be! PatSeg Feb 2022 #53

she came in at the 2018 election. she can go out on the 2024 election if al gets in nt orleans Feb 2022 #10

She has been a US Senator since before I was even a teen, her start was January 26, 2009. Celerity Feb 2022 #27

um... i was talking about this go-around and when she can get the hell out nt orleans Feb 2022 #30

I see no reason she should leave the Senate. She had the the lowest Trump score in the Senate over Celerity Feb 2022 #32

say what you will. i can't stand her. nt orleans Feb 2022 #51

Agree. Hortensis Feb 2022 #58

You're right, Gillibrand was basically the first to publicly oppose Franken wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #62

That would be Karma...she led the charge against Franken...but was not the only one of course. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #49

I want you back! pandr32 Feb 2022 #8

Excuse this post, please, your title line was the trigger: Judi Lynn Feb 2022 #21

Do it! The US needs you! The world needs you! C Moon Feb 2022 #9

god, that would be GREAT if he'd run again. orleans Feb 2022 #11

Nothing stopping ya' AL but thin air ! " GO FOR IT " ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #13

What about: Democratic voters who aren't looking to replace their existing Senator? brooklynite Feb 2022 #38

I think he could win in New York... Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #50

Based on what campaign message? brooklynite Feb 2022 #52

I think that he could find a message and I believe Gillibrand lost popularity when she went after Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #54

Seriously, nobody in New York cared about the Franken situation. brooklynite Feb 2022 #55

I am not convinced of that. I don't think Gillibrand has been popular on the left. AOC Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #65

"I don't think Gillibrand has been popular on the left" brooklynite Feb 2022 #67

Cool Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #14

Hmm. Perhaps he could move to Arizona and run. Desert grandma Feb 2022 #15

It would be great to see him in the Senate again! burrowowl Feb 2022 #16

Yes, do it! 👍 nt Raine Feb 2022 #17

I like Al. I think he's genuinely a good guy. He got a raw deal. Hope he's back in the Senate soon. OverBurn Feb 2022 #18

He should be loaded $ wise, and he aint young, so why put yourself through it at all? Brainfodder Feb 2022 #19

You don't listen to his podcasts ? I don't think you would come OnDoutside Feb 2022 #24

Money and ass kissing? Rich people? What? betsuni Feb 2022 #29

Do it, Al! You were great then, and you'd be great now. n/t PatrickforB Feb 2022 #20

Al has never closed the door to running for SOME office again. DFW Feb 2022 #22

You would have to think that he has some sort of plan, if for nothing else OnDoutside Feb 2022 #25

IF he has some kind of plan, he hasn't mentioned it to me. He would have told Norm first, anyway DFW Feb 2022 #31

Hillary ran for a vacant seat; Bobby ran against a Republican incumbent. brooklynite Feb 2022 #36

He never even entertained the thought, as far as I know. DFW Feb 2022 #39

Nobody seems to focus on the fact that he'd still need a message to give to voters... brooklynite Feb 2022 #40

IF he runs again, no matter for what DFW Feb 2022 #41

Hell yeah! You shouldn't have been run out in the first place. Do it later. Do it now, but just ffr Feb 2022 #23

Unfinished business. Do it, Al. OnDoutside Feb 2022 #26

- Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #28

Many like me will make small donations, Al, but they will add up. Do it! hlthe2b Feb 2022 #33

Mabye Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #34

So, you're not supportive of him running again ? left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #35

Yes I Do Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #60

If I lived in Minnesota, I would vote for him! Emile Feb 2022 #37

"If I lived in Minnesota ..." left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #43

LOL, I always think Minnesota when thinking about Al Franken. Emile Feb 2022 #44

When he first ran in Minn ... left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #45

I would love to live in Itasca County in Northern Minnesota, Emile Feb 2022 #46

Kick and rec for Trump's yeoman-like cultists. Kingofalldems Feb 2022 #42

Al, we're begging you ... please do. We need you badly. ificandream Feb 2022 #47

Why do we need him? brooklynite Feb 2022 #64

Because he was an exceptionally strong voice ... ificandream Feb 2022 #71

I've never been impressed by "voices" brooklynite Feb 2022 #72

Please do! Goodheart Feb 2022 #48

Maybe he can primary Gillibrand? Deep State Witch Feb 2022 #56

Why would a New Yorker pick him over Gillibrand? brooklynite Feb 2022 #57

I've not been a Gillibrand fan but also don't believe the extreme hostility expressed Hortensis Feb 2022 #59

Wasn't she the first to demand his resignation ? left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #61

She was the spokeswoman for a group of women Senators... brooklynite Feb 2022 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #66

A junior Senator from Wisconsin once acquired immense power by the sheer force of his rhetoric DFW Feb 2022 #73

It accounts for reasonable anger among those who disapproved, like me. Hortensis Feb 2022 #70

PLEASE! budkin Feb 2022 #68

Let's go Al! we can do it Feb 2022 #69