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The GOP has been very open about their plans to obstruct health care reform. They’ve actually laid out plans on how they intend to accomplish that feat. The only problem for them is that their obstructive efforts are as poorly thought out as most of their policy proposals.

The latest effort was an amendment cosponsored by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK).that would force legislators onto the public option if it becomes law. They thought they could make the Democrats in the Senate look hypocritical. The only problem for them is that Sen. Vitter is a proven hypocrite and Sen. Coburn is dumb as a fence post.

The whole thing began to go awry when Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) asked to become a cosponsor on the bill. He apparently put in his request to their offices four times without getting a response. This is no surprise, since Sen. Coburn and Sen. Vitter had no intention for their amendment to be anything more than a political stunt.

Senator Maddow?

It was the headline that caught my attention.

7 Days: Franken on Franken, Air America, “Senator Maddow” & More

The article, found on Huffingtonpost.com, was the transcript of an interview with Al Franken. The interviewer, Mark Green, asked Franken who he thought would be the next Air America personality to become a senator. Franken’s answer was a bit of a surprise.


GREEN: Who do you predict might be the next U.S. Senator with an Air America pedigree? Reagan because of his somewhat recognizable last name or Bender, because he has the chops and the good looks?

FRANKEN: Yeah, Bender lost a lot of weight, huh? Is that what you’re talking about? Well, I think Rachel. So, I think when you’re talking about the next Air America senator, it would be Rachel Maddow.

When I saw the teaser my first thought was that she wasn’t ready for the senate. After reading Franken’s answer I realized that she might be ready in the not-too-distant future.

Something to consider. Would you like to see her go into politics someday?