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Franken
Al Franken did a star turn on the Iron Range ahead of his swearing in tomorrow.
The Strib and PiPress had stories.
Politico weighs on in the Senate's Franken effect.
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Congress
CQ Politics says Minnesota's 3rd District may see another "Brawl around the Mall" for 2010.
Keith Ellison was at the ribbon cutting for a "new large mosque" in...Boston. Arab News cites him as the only Muslim in Congress.
Local-bad-boy-gone-good David Carr took a long, loving look at Minnesota's recent politics, with an emphasis on Fraken, in the New York Times this weekend.
2012
Tim Pawlenty was a portrait of measured reaction to the resignation of Sarah Palin. MPR caught up with him in Aspen.
Other
Dirt begins to turn for the Central Corridor. Sort of. MPR and the Strib acknowledge.