Breaking: Sen. Al Franken accused of groping; this can’t end well

[Mr. Morden]

This was claimed by forum old-timer Sam Spade back in the day.

Spade was groped by Al Franken?

[Mr. Morden]

Spade also claimed that Mark Warner chose not to run for president in 2008 because of a sexual harassment incident from his past, which I think was a rumor that was alluded to at some point on Daily Kos.

[Mr. Morden]

Franken 2020 is over. Maybe an alternative election, but never.

He probably wasn't going to run anyway.  Other than coming out with a book this year, he wasn't dropping any hints of interest, like the other contenders have been.  Yesterday, I would have put the probability of him running at ~15% or so.  Maybe 20% if I'm generous?  Now it's 0%, of course.

I guess his probability of running dropping to zero improves the chances of Klobuchar running a bit.

[Mr. Morden]

There goes his chance at winning. Career ender.

Never gonna be president now.

As I said above, I didn't think he was going to run for prez anyway, but even if not, he might have been a contender for VP.  That's obviously no longer the case...