Franken looking to academics for help with issues:
Al Franken is asking academics to help him with policy issues as he gears up for a possible Senate campaign against Republican Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
Last week, Professor Sally Kenney, who directs the Center on Women and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, e-mailed faculty and staff to say Franken "has asked me to put together a Minnesota team Franken."
"We would offer some substantive policy expertise, some knowledge of who does what where at the U and in local non-profits, and most importantly, the ability to find out quickly through research things we do not know," she wrote.
Oh the things that you don't know.
"I think it will be loads of fun and a great learning experience for those interested in honing their public policy skills and learning more about political campaigns."
And more importantly, helping a Democrat get elected.
Of course no local political story is complete without a reference to the two guys who seem to always turn up in these cases:
Kenney's e-mail was posted Monday by a Republican blogger, Michael Brodkorb, who called it an abuse of taxpayer resources. Larry Jacobs, director of the Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, said he told Brodkorb it was "regretful" that Kenney used a university resource for political work.
Yes, a shame that. But not to worry:
Jacobs said he'd been reassured by Kenney that she would keep her political and university work separate.
Move along, nothing to see here.
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