I don’t know what I’ll be doing next election but we do have a good up-down ticket system here, so I’ll be door knocking and phone banking for one or two congressional candidates and Franken. That will probably abruptly end if I get hired by a campaign as a staffer. Then I’ll disappear into a smoky back room and do smoky back room stuff for the rest of the campaign season.

Nice article. I was always a fan of Franken’s comedy, but I didn’t know what to think about his foray into politics (not that I had any say either way, as he is not my senator).

I know you’re a big supporter of his, but those were definitely good videos. It gave me an extra dose of respect for his integrity, at a minimum (I knew he was smart and funny). That’s a rare quality in politics.

If told to cheer for one point-of-view she would give it all she had. But if told she would preach without hesitation the other side. And switch back and forth without any signs of conscience, internal conflict, or hesitation.

She was like a player piano. Slip another roll of music in and she could play any tune with equal enthusiasm. And if you don’t give her music to play she had no well established preferences or views of her own.

Bachmann seems to me to be a relative blank slate. She has loads of enthusiasm and energy and she is just waiting to be given a a cause.

Unfortunately she also has no depth, curiosity, or incisive mental ability to back up the talking points on the glossy advertisement. She crumbles quickly if questioned closely and, because her entire argument comes down to a half-dozen bumper-sticker size talking points, she tends to contradict herself, look ridiculous, and come across as a simpleton.

This points to her fitting in well at Fox news. The danger is that Fox has taken on so many dopes that it is already something of a clown college in a fever dream. Putting the lady with the crazy eyes on the panel might be taking it too far.