* Chaos. Embarrassment. Depression. Worry. Frustration. Anger.
Have we ever needed Al Franken more than now? Imagine, a politician who’s funny on purpose. A pol who can provide a senatorial side order of ironic wit to offset the main coarsening of America. To wit: Franken’s Watergatesque take on the furor over Trump’s contacts with Russia and his assessment of one of his more controversial Senate colleagues.
<“What did the president know–and when did his son-in-law tell him?”
<“(Ted Cruz) is the guy in your office who snitches to corporate about your March Madness pool and microwaves fish in the office kitchen. He is the Dwight Schrute of the Senate.”
* Previously unknown Democrat Jon Ossoff has a good chance of winning the special congressional election in suburban Atlanta that will fill the seat vacated by Tom Price, now the HHS secretary. Fundraising has been notably creative, including a “Rock Your Ossoff Concert.”