Joe Conason has a great piece comparing the political trajectories of Al Franken and Sarah Palin.

Conason does a great job making the argument that while Franken has the intellectual heft to be a great senator, Palin will remain a joke.

Best line of the article:

The entertainer became a public servant—and the public servant became entertainment.

Read his entire piece here.

In honour of Al Franken finally being named the winner of the 2008 election for Minnesota senator, let's replay a clip where Franken really got under the skin of Billo.

No doubt he'll go crazy on his show dissing Franken's win, but as this clip shows, Franken being seated as the junior senator from Minnesota just might make Billo's head implode.

Enjoy...