Star Tribune: Franken makes a Tea Party friend

[MinneapolisMatt]

http://blog.alfranken.com/2011/01/20/star-tribune-franken-makes-a-tea-party-friend/

Star Tribune: Franken makes a Tea Party friend

Sen. Al Franken has found what might be considered an unlikely friend across the aisle: freshman Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Franken and Paul couldn’t be further apart politically. Paul plans to start the Senate Tea Party Caucus, the Senate version of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Tea Party Caucus in the lower chamber.

But in a Politico profile of Paul, the freshman Republican and Tea Party favorite says that he and Franken are hitting it off in the Senate. Franken attended Paul’s reception after his swearing in, and Paul has requested Franken be his Democratic mentor (each new senator gets a Democratic and GOP mentor), Politico reported.

Franken has decided to take Paul under his wing, his office confirmed.

Full story at Strib: http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/114208294.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUgOy9cP3DieyckcUsI?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUgOy9cP3DieyckcUsI

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Maybe some good can come of this.

[Angry Dragon]

1. School him well AL

[Alexander]

2. There are left-libertarians and right-libertarians.

I've always considered Ron and Rand Paul to be right-libertarians.

It could be Franken has some left-libertarian opinions, like ending the Drug War.

The political spectrum is too complex to simply label everyone as left vs. right.

[Odin2005]

5. I consider myself a Left-Libertarian.

IMO a lot of government regulation are for protecting large corporations from competition from smaller companies and any positive effects for people are just for PR.

[Erose999]

3. Rec. They don't have to agree to have a civil working relationship. I know Ted Kennedy was close

with a lot of conservatives.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Ted and Orrin Hatch were real buddies.

That was before Newt made it a crime to be bipartison.

[MinneapolisMatt]

6. Shameless kick for the lunch crowd.

:)

[NYC Liberal]

7. Now imagine if the headline was "Obama makes a Tea Party friend"...

But recced, because more civility is a good thing...doesn't mean they agree.

[peekaloo]

8. Stuart Smalley ia alive and well.

:-)

[otohara]

9. Al, You're A Good Man

I bet the T-baggers are exploding over this news.