Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. Ive been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, youre under pressure. – Al Franken
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. Theyre about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover. – Al Franken
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. Im looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest. – Al Franken
I didnt become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. Its not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more. – Nick Clegg