Standing O

That's what Al Franken received today--almost three minutes worth--when he was sworn in as Minnesota's junior Senator.

In honor of his finally taking his seat, let me remember Franken's political acumen. In 2000 it was Franken who argued that the Democrats campaign again the Shrub focus on one detail of W's past as owner of the Texas Rangers:

He traded Sammy Sosa

If only Gore had listened.