Seventeen Years Too Late

Al Franken has announced he's running for the Senate. His statement takes all sorts of brave stances: Believe it or not, Al is against politics as usual. He thinks the middle class is being squeezed. He supports programs that will help people.

Aside from a general belief in big government, there's no substance here. He's hardly the first to be so vague, but one might hope someone with a different background could try to be a different sort of candidate.