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I hope he's joking.

From The Associated Press:

As Al Franken considers challenging Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., for re-election in 2008, the comedian and liberal radio host is looking to his hometown senator for advice: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"I asked Hillary, 'Can you give me some suggestions about running for Senate in a state you haven't lived for in a while, or in your case, ever?' " Franken recalled, laughing heartily. "And she said, 'This will be a long conversation,' so we agreed to have a long conversation about it."

Clinton, D-N.Y., moved from Washington to New York to run for the Senate. Franken was born in New York City and lives there now but grew up in the Minneapolis suburbs. He put the odds of running against Coleman at better than 50-50.

"I've thought about it and discussed it with my family more," Franken said. The only holdout, he said, is his 19-year-old son, Joe, who is worried he'll see less of his father.

I have a big problem with politicians moving into a state for the express purpose of getting elected to congress. A state's congressional delegation should be made up of people who are actually from the state itself and have that state's issues at heart.

If a politician were to move into my state then immediately run for congress I'd have to wonder if he or she really had my state's issues in mind or if they're just looking for a way to gain power.

In Clinton and Franken's cases I can almost assure you that they're just looking for power. The fact that they can joke about it is even more disturbing.

Also, what does this say about Air America's future? Franken certainly wouldn't be able to campaign and do his radio show at the same time. Since Franken's show is Air America's flagship how would they survive without it? Its not like they're doing all that well now...