Progress: Senator Al Franken

Amidst the sleight-of-hand financial maneuvering of our Federal Reserve System, the suspicious ballot recounts, the general obfuscation surrounding the Madoff case, the bizarre antics of the governor from Illinois and the muddled crisis in The Middle East that has been going on since Cain was cast from The Garden, it appears as though we may finally have some clarity on one issue: If Al Franken becomes the junior senator from Minnesota this will be the first time in the history of our country that a politician was identified as a clown before they arrived in Washington.