![]() ![]() That phase of Franken’s life has to be over.” “A comedian would not be an effective senator - but then again, a comedian wouldn’t have won. ![]() No, says Charlie Cook, an independent analyst in Washington. Is there no place for a comedian in the most exclusive, and arguably stuffiest, club in America? “He’ll be a serious senator, and he’ll do what he thinks is right,” Mondale said afterward. ![]() The notoriously slow-moving Senate, it turns out, works lickety-split when it comes to signage.Īround noon, Franken headed to a mostly empty Senate chamber, where Minnesota’s senior senator, Democrat Amy Klobuchar, introduced her new colleague with a nod to his comedic roots and an assurance that he “takes his job seriously.”įormer Vice President Walter Mondale, a fellow Minnesotan and advisor, stood by Franken’s side as he took the oath, with Vice President Joe Biden doing the honors. The nameplate had already been screwed into the wall. Workmen were still installing wall brackets for the flat-screen TV in the suite, which once belonged to Norm Coleman, the Republican whom Franken vanquished by 312 votes after an eight-month recount and dispute. ![]() Franken slipped in through a side door of his new office around 11. ![]()
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