Al Franken Declares Bid for Senate With Top-Rate Video

—By Jonathan Stein

| Wed Feb. 14, 2007 1:30 PM PST

Hands down, without a doubt -- the best candidacy announcement video yet. This is how a proud, unabashed liberal speaks. A must see.

I invite you to give your thoughts on an Al Franken candidacy -- and on the video -- in the comments below.

Update: Al Franken is a friend of Mother Jones'. He wrote about his USO Tour experiences for us here, we reviewed a movie about him here, and he sat down for an interview as far back as 1996 here.

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