Minnesotans have a right to be skeptical about whether I'm ready for this challenge...I want you to know: Nothing means more to me than making government work better for the working families of this state, and over the next 20 months, I look forward to proving to you that I take these issues seriously....said Franken, author of the best-selling book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right."
Coleman is a Democrat-turned-Republican in a very Democratic state (the last time Minnesota went for a Republican presidential candidate was 1972). If Franken wins the Democratic Party's nomination next year, he'll be a very formidable candidate.
