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	<title><![CDATA[Al Franken and Me: Coming Clean, Preemptively]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/al-franken-and-me-coming-_b_41314.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>So my old friend Al Franken <a href="http://www.alfranken.com/">has officially announced</a> that he's running for the United States Senate in Minnesota. See his terrific <a href="http://www.alfranken.com/page/content/videoMessage">announcement video here</a>.</p>

<p>This is great news. Al is smart, passionate, a terrific public speaker, and dedicated to carrying on the progressive ideals of his political hero -- and mine -- Paul Wellstone. What's more, as <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/opinion/11rich.html?pagewanted=2&amp;n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fFrank%20Rich">Frank Rich notes</a>, Al getting into the race has already caused Norm Coleman to start running away from his rubber-stamp...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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