April 14th, 2007

Al Franken’s senate campaign heats up

Posted by Drew at 7:44 pm

Boosted by donations from celebrity friends, Al Franken is on his way to becoming the funniest Senator in Washington:

Scores of actors, writers, producers and others from the entertainment industry have contributed to Al Franken’s Senate campaign, helping the Minnesota Democrat get off to a strong fundraising start.

Franken, a former “Saturday Night Live” star who hopes to take on GOP Sen. Norm Coleman next year, raised the maximum $4,600 from actors such as Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jason Alexander and Larry David, according to a campaign finance report filed Friday.

That helped Franken pull in $1.35 million in the first quarter of the year — despite not beginning his fundraising effort until Feb. 14 — just behind Coleman’s $1.53 million.

Read the rest of the article here.

Meanwhile, today marks Nancy Pelosi’s 100th day as Speaker of the House, and she celebrated by passing legislation setting a deadline for withdrawing our troops from Iraq. Things are looking up for the Democrats.

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