“If you’re a fan of pure political theater,” said Jeff Fecke in Blog of the Moderate Left, “it does not get any better than this.” Former Minnesota governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura is suggesting he will enter the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and his Democratic challenger, comedian Al Franken. Franken is trailing badly right now, and Ventura beat Coleman in the 1998 gubernatorial race. But, “can lightning strike twice?”
Ventura made Minnesota “a national laughingstock as governor,” said Ed Morrissey in the blog Hot Air. The ex-wrestler’s “one single accomplishment” as governor was bipartisanship: “By the end of his term, Republicans and Democrats both hated him.” This sounds like a Ventura publicity stunt, but if he does run, he’ll siphon off the crucial youth vote from Franken.
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