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global1

(25,242 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:24 PM Jul 2018

Does Anyone Here Think That Al Franken Can Launch A....

run for the Dem Nomination for President in 2020? Do you think he can overcome the fallout from his resigning his Senate seat? I still feel that he was treated unfairly and was thinking of him quite a bit today.

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Does Anyone Here Think That Al Franken Can Launch A.... (Original Post) global1 Jul 2018 OP

No. JI7 Jul 2018 #1

I don't think he can because I don't think he wants it. tavernier Jul 2018 #2

+1 grantcart Jul 2018 #5

Yes he could and he would be a fantastic candidate! rainy Jul 2018 #3

Yes happy feet Jul 2018 #4

Not as a democrat. LisaL Jul 2018 #6

I doubt he would want to given that it was his own party that chewed him up. alwaysinasnit Jul 2018 #7

We don't deserve him. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2018 #8

He would likely be at the top if my list I'd get did. CentralMass Jul 2018 #9

No, but I miss him every day. He has an ability to express things powerfully. enough Jul 2018 #10

JI7

(89,248 posts)

1. No.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:25 PM

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tavernier

(12,383 posts)

2. I don't think he can because I don't think he wants it.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:27 PM

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I don’t ever remember hearing of him having aspirations in that direction.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

5. +1

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:28 PM

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rainy

(6,091 posts)

3. Yes he could and he would be a fantastic candidate!

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:28 PM

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happy feet

(869 posts)

4. Yes

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:28 PM

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LisaL

(44,973 posts)

6. Not as a democrat.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:29 PM

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alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)

7. I doubt he would want to given that it was his own party that chewed him up.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:35 PM

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Gidney N Cloyd

(19,834 posts)

8. We don't deserve him.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:39 PM

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CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

9. He would likely be at the top if my list I'd get did.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 07:45 PM

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enough

(13,259 posts)

10. No, but I miss him every day. He has an ability to express things powerfully.

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:23 PM

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I don’t see anyone else on our side who can do that as well as he could. That was a deep and lasting self-imposed wound by certain Democrats.

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