The U. S. Senate race in Minnesota has attracted two Democrats that have each reached the highest levels of success in their respective careers. Mike Ciresi is a respected trial lawyer that beat big tobacco in Minnesota. Al Franken is a St. Louis Park guy whose fame followed his wit and irreverent humor. .

My high school classmate and Roosevelt High School Sub-Standard co-editor, Nobel Prize winning Dr. Peter Agre has chosen not to run this time. Not enough cash, I suspect. Too bad as Peter would have been an incredible Senator.

How then does the trial lawyer and the comedian stand up against Norm Coleman? I personally think each is going to have a very difficult time with Mr. Coleman. He was a high end lawyer himself before entering the political arena. He has shown himself to be adroit at maximizing political opportunities. He has been featured in a Senatorial light following the 35W bridge collapse.

More importantly, I think that a trial lawyer will be attacked for being greedy and self interested. The comedian will be postured as someone that the electorate will not take seriously. Each theme is superficial and substantively false. What scares me is the fact that the Swift Boat thing worked pretty well.

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