The right is fuming over the prospect of Al Franken becoming a senator, said Steve Young in OpEdNews, but if it hadn't been for attacks by Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and other angry conservatives, the Democratic comedian probably wouldn't have run, "let alone won." Franken entered the race far behind GOP Sen. Norm Coleman, but "the more venom the right threw at Franken," the more money he raised.
The feud won't end any time soon, said David Neiwert in Crooks and Liars. Franken's "looming elevation" to the Senate is making Republicans crazy. Last week O'Reilly aired one of Franken's old comedy videos just so he could call the Democrat a "pinhead." Franken should have fun with it—"they're gonna savage him no matter what he does."
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