I know most everyone saw this coming, why else would he be leaving his radio show?
However, as far as I know this is the first time I have seen it confirmed by the main stream media as more than a rumor.
I apologize if this has already been blooged.
The link to the CNN.com article, if you can call it that, can be found here.
Outspoken comedian and liberal radio talk show host Al Franken has told associates he plans to challenge Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., in 2008, a source close to Franken said Wednesday.
and the ABC article can be found here.
Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008, a senior Democratic official from Minnesota said Wednesday.
Franken told the official, who did not want to be identified because Franken has not made an announcement, that he had decided to run in a recent conversation.
As far as I know, he has not made a public announcement, and a guest host is scheduled for his radio show today. So we might not hear it from him until tomorrow.
From the Al Franken Show on Air America Radio this past Monday, (1/29/2007) just after he announced that Air America is going to be sold and that the last day of his show will be 2/14/2007:
So the question is, what now? A lot of you have asked about the possibility that I'll run for the Senate here in Minnesota in 2008. I'm definitely giving it serious consideration and I plan to make a decision soon, and announce that, hopefully not on the day that Barak Obama makes his decision and announces that. If I'm ready to make a decision before the show ends on the 14th, I'll make sure you, my listeners, are the first to know, after Franni, she deserves to know.
She has good sources, she'll find out either way.
Yea, and my kids. My listeners will be the 8th to know.
The 8th to 1.5 million and 8th, depending on the timezone.
Edit:Al said on his radio show this past Friday, that he still hasn't made a final decision and the news organizations might be embarresed come Febuary 14th, which is the day he plans on announcing is Senate run or lack of one.