Obama, referring to the "narrow window" of time when he had 60 votes in the Senate: "after Franken finally got seated and Arlen had flipped, but before Scott Brown won in Massachusetts."

Arlen had flipped.

Al Franken responds.

A bhtv commenter notices something:

I talk with Byron York about Tiger Woods, Dr. Laura, Michelle Obama, Steven Slater, Al Franken, the Prop 8 same-sex marriage decision, and the Ground Zero mosque..

This one's called "The Luckiest Diavlog on the Face of the Earth" for reasons that become apparent near then end. Also, somewh...

Shed a tear for the clown trapped in the place of no mirth.

The NYT does. Cobwebbed by senseless rituals, speeches which no one listens to and rules that make it all but impossible to act on the will...

Al Franken's dick move.

So... should we boycott Minnesota ?

Al Franken helped write last night's opening "SNL" skit, bashing McCain.

Quite good! IN THE COMMENTS: Fen said: "Hi. I'm NBC and I approved this ad."

Al Franken says "Wisconsin sucks."

Al Franken is a comedian running for Senator in Minnesota, where insulting Wisconsin is considered hilarious.

There's something about Jesse.

Jesse #1. So Jesse Helms died. He was old and his time had passed, but he got some attention . Jesse #2. Wait! There's a more famous J...

"They were not a broadcasting concern to begin with. ... They went into business to affect elections."

Gloats Rush Limbaugh , as Air America files for bankruptcy. The implication is that his show is "a broadcasting concern," but you...

"The Blogosphere Is Alive With the Sound of Colbert Chatter."

The NYT has an article titled "After Press Dinner, the Blogosphere Is Alive With the Sound of Colbert Chatter." Okay, great, I...

Recycling the leftovers from the "Person of the Year" analysis.

Time Magazine has another one of its lists: 100 People Who Shape Our World . It always seems as though they're just begging us to bitch ...

Al Franken's "Screw you."

So Al Franken said "screw you" on "The Today Show." Do you have a problem with that? I'm inclined to defend Franke...

Franken at the Barrymore.

Al Franken was in town to do a live broadcast of his Air America radio show, here on State Street , at the Barrymore Theatre. I hadn't n...

Franken's iPod.

Al Franken was in town last night, and The Daily Cardinal -- a UW student newspaper -- got a chance to do an interview . Here's one thi...

Scalia's kids tell him to get out more because "it makes it harder to demonize you."

So he's out and about , even taking a question from Al Franken, whom he apparently doesn't recognize. UPDATE: Oh, it is so obvious: ...

"More wicked than your average blogger"?

A squib about Al Franken's new book in the NYT Book Review: "The Truth (With Jokes)," by Al Franken, [is] a gloomier, more as...

Audible Althouse, #15.

Here 's the new episode. I went over an hour this time. Just a tad though. Topics discussed: what your car says about you, guy cars and ...

Simulblogging Al Franken on "The Daily Show."

Wow, has he fattened up. "The President seems to be yelling at a lot of people right now," according to The Daily News, Franken sa...

On the radio.

For some reason, driving from Cleveland to Ithaca today, I felt like listening to talk radio , and I just kept switching back and forth betw...

"Earnest tomes."

Here 's a review of Alan Wolfe's "Return to Greatness: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover...