ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - More than two years after declaring his candidacy for Minnesota's Senate seat, and about seven months since the last vote was cast in the race, Al Franken is going to Washington to claim the post. Full Article at KIVITV.com
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I am happy that we now have two senators, and Al is in the fire
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Both came to the Senate with some celebrity and some skepticism from people on the Hill ... They both put their heads down and did the work and won over their colleagues by not running to the camera.
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I was amazed how unfunny he was on the campaign trail
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The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator, I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from Minnesota. Coleman could have carried his fight into federal court, but it was unlikely to overturn the state Supreme Court's decision. Sure I wanted to win. I thought w...
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He intentionally tried to distance himself from his celebrity past ... He wanted to be taken seriously, and he knew he needed to demonstrate substance in order to win.
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The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator, I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from Minnesota.
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I'm really looking forward to the confirmation hearings ... I think she'll pass.
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I won by 312 votes. So I really have to earn the trust of people who didn't vote for me
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I think what you had was 12 judges look at this through the canvassing process, through the recount and throughout the trial, and all agreeing unanimously that I won more votes than anybody else in the election
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When you win an election this close, you know not one bit of effort went to waste
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