First, a killer line:

...this characterization of Franken is the notion of the Senate as a decorous gentlemen’s club. I doubt that club ever existed in reality; but in any case, these days the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body is, not to put too fine a point on it, chock full o’ nuts. James Inhofe: I rest my case.

If that doesn't get a standing ovation, here's more reality:

...Al Franken’s dirty secret is that … he’s a big policy wonk.

I used to go on Franken’s radio show, all ready to be jocular — and what he wanted to talk about was the arithmetic of Social Security, or the structure of Medicare Part D.

This would seem to be an endorsement of Al, overall, but Paul asks one final question:

So what will Franken do to the level of Senate discourse? He’ll raise it.

Enough said.