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Al Franken, part two: how he got there

(Read Al Franken, Part One: The Senator from Talk Radio).

The road from national funny-guy and Air America talk host to Senator-elect was arduous, with Al Franken facing a set of different hurdles.

Red, White and Blueberry Firecracker Hotdog Potato Salad

Instead of doing something really patriotic on the Fourth of July, (like have a mattress sale) BlatherWatch has a tradition of covering ourselves in glory, and helping you celebrate your American liberdee by providing an inspirational red, white and blue recipe for your holiday eating enjoyment. This year's recipe has hot dogs AND FIRECRACKERS! (remember: no smoking!)

Some blasts from Independence Days past: Zell Miller's Red, White & Blue Ham Pie (2006)? Senator Slade Gorton's Warm Crab Dip (2007), or last year's, Cindy McCain's Patriotic Twinkie™ Pie.

Ex-governor palin: we'll miss her...

We bet she'd be a one-termer. We were wrong.

KOMO stays on the air as fire silences KVI, Star 101

Talk station KVI and mixed-music Star 101, (KPLZ) Seattle's no.1 radio station have been silent since about 11:25p Thurs.

A small fire broke out in Fisher Plaza in the basement parking garage in an electrical vault. It's the section of the building where city power lines meet the building's transformers, according to Seattle City Light spokesman Scott Thomsen.

(Tenants schlep servers out of the dark, deserted hulk of Fisher Plaza. (Photo: TechFlash)

Al franken, part one: the senator from talk radio

Sean Hannity, hearing the news that Al Franken was the new junior senator from Minnesota, called him a "liar and a lunatic." Michelle Malkin described him as "an angry, unstable man."

Expect that to continue being the right-wing media meme about Franken- It's uttered, even by respectable conservatives, too. Like former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson who called him, "The Vulgarian at the Gate," writing that Franken's election would "actively push our culture toward vulgarity and viciousness."

Rush: obama will not step down after two terms

Rush Limbaugh claimed Tuesday that President Obama is laying the groundwork to stay in office beyond 2016! He said Obama's followers will seek to repeal the U.S. Constitution's 22nd Amendment, allowing him to serve more than two terms -as Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tried to do.

Dick morris stiffs thom hartmann: thom reviews dick stiffing

This got shuffled in all the rada-rada about Sen. Al Franken, but Dick Morris hung up on Thom Hartmann (KPTK m-f, 9a-12p) Tuesday.

(photo: shrimping toad from the '90's)

Scheduled to talk about his new hit book Catastrophe (about the devastation wrought by the 6-month old Obama administration) Morris called the back line of the Hartmann show as directed by his publicist, but when he heard Louise say, "The Thom Hartmann Show," he hung up.

BREAKING: COLEMAN CONCEDES!

(photo: Senator Al Franken, D-MN)

"The Supreme Court has made its decision and I will abide by the results," Coleman told reporters outside his St. Paul home.

"In these tough times we all need to focus on the future, and the future is that we have a new United States senator," Coleman said.