Politics

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Al Franken takes Hillary Clinton, Bill Bradley style

July 1, 2009 By The Associated Press,  The Associated Press

Now that Al Franken is headed for the Senate, which Franken will show up in Washington?

Will it be the passionate, sometimes angry liberal who hurled playground insults at Rush Limbaugh as an author and radio host? Or will it be the cautious, serious Franken who buttoned himself down the minute he hit the campaign trail?

Bet on the latter.

Franken arrives in Washington next...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos