Or maybe not. People are generally a bit sharper than that around here.

I hear a lot of talk about how smart Franken is. Maybe he’ll see through all his parties Ponzi-scheming and actually stand up for the people who have to pay for all this largess, the future taxpayers. Growth based economies (like the one Obama is trying to kick-start) are simply Ponzi schemes on a scale that makes Maddoff and GM and Social Security look like church bake sales.

Then, at some later date, with a pocket full of IOUs and a well polished reputation as a skilled legislative craftsman who is willing to do the hard work and let others get the glory, he will slowly allow his personality to emerge. He might eventually allow the full force of his acerbic wit out for tactical gain once he has grown into the job.

It might not go that way but that is my guess.

No matter how he chooses to handle it I wish him well.