Hillary 2.0 - Al Franken?

"A number of people have told me to study the Hillary model of being a senator," Franken said after they met last February. "Put your head down and do the work."

Franken appears determined to establish credibility as a serious lawmaker. No acerbic wit. No bombastic attacks on conservatives.

That from the Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/49939822.html

I've decided to trust in Cal and give the guy a chance.  He's not female, therefore most definatley not in the Partizane mold of candidates this site will unofficially support.  But i liked his take on the Lying liars and I like that he seems to be embracing the habits of the best Senator I've seen in many many years.

Goodbye Stuart Smalley, the goofy, mincing self-help guru from "Saturday Night Live." Hello, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

"We're going to see a new Al Franken," said analyst Steven Schier, who teaches politics at Carleton College. "Or at least the same Al Franken we've seen in recent months, an Al Franken on Valium, so to speak -- very low-key."

Franken's attempts at a muted tone will likely be tested by the news media horde that will greet his arrival in the Capitol, along with a jam-packed legislative agenda.

"It's going to be about as crazy as one can imagine," said longtime Franken friend and Congress observer Norman Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Without a chance to catch his breath and ease into the job, Ornstein said, Franken's arrival will be "like being dropped into the middle of a tsunami."

He will also have to contend with an emerging Republican strategy to treat him as a symbol of the filibuster-proof super-majority that his victory could deliver to the Senate's Democratic caucus.

"What each party needs is a piñata from the other side," Schier said. "Clearly the Republicans are looking for a flamboyant, inviting target for their fundraising and media strategy, and Franken probably suits that role better than anybody on the Senate side."

If the Gopers plan on targeting him to make a joke of this election, then the liberal side of me says to fight back and I hereby give my approval of peeps who wish to show their support.  And yes, please don't hold back any Al contempt my friends for I understand the deep feelings I still have for many dems.   Partizane respects all sides.

This post is from the heart due to my sincere trust in the judgement of a woman I've never met, named simply Cal and a friend and Hillary canvassing buddy, Art, who sent me the story this morning.