Asian Conservatives

Maybe Sen. Franken (D-MN) still thinks he’s hosting a radio show? For a freshman senator he sure has a senior personality. But I’ll give him kudos for standing up against W.H. senior advisor David Axelrod about the health care debacle:

The private session was set up in a panel format, with Axelrod joined at the front of the room by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine and Democratic strategist Paul Begala.

A Democratic source said that Franken directed his criticism solely at Axelrod.

“It was all about leadership and health care and what the plan was going to be,” the source said.

Franken — a comedian turned liberal talk show host — vowed to keep a relatively low profile when he arrived in the Senate over the summer after a protracted legal battle with former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman. But he has developed a reputation among his colleagues as one of the more aggressive personalities on the Hill.

I can understand his frustration though. Before Scott Brown was sworn in the Democrats had control of both houses in Congress, yet the health care bill is still in limbo as the House and Senate leadership struggle to merge both versions of the bill. Passage is even more remote now that there are 41 Republicans in the Senate.

Nobody likes being in the losing team. Unfortunately for the likes of Franken and other Democrats in Congress, they’re part of it.