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Ready for Senate? Franken says he’s set for Day 1, Coleman is ‘trying’

By Chris Steller | 02.06.09 | 4:41 pm

As Al Franken and Norm Coleman ready themselves for a fourth month in electoral limbo, are they also readying to serve in the U.S. Senate? Al Franken, who’s never been a U.S. senator, says he’s “ready to go on Day 1.” Six-year Senate veteran Norm Coleman, out of office one month, sounds less sure: “I’m trying to be ready.”