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Human Race | Al Franken tries serious business

Now on deck in the state that elected World Wrestling Federation star Jesse Ventura governor: an acid-tongued, liberal comedian for U.S. Senate. A week after leaving his gig on Air America as Bush critic and all-around foe of conservatives everywhere, radio-talk host and former Saturday Night Live writer/producer Al Franken launched his bid to challenge Republican Norm Coleman for his Minnesota seat. Now Franken, who has made political hay in recent years penning anti-conservative broadsides like Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, has a challenger of his own: high-powered trial attorney Mike Ciresi, who jumped into the race earlier this month.

Some Minnesota political observers say Ciresi makes Al Franken a bit of a dark horse because the lawyer is a known quantity to Minnesota voters while the entertainment alum, for all his bluster, is a bit of a political cipher.

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