Franken frankly frank with Axelrod, White House

Folks on Capitol Hill aren’t seeing much of the promised “quiet, low profile” reign from Minnesota’s freshman senator, former comic and failed liberal radio talk show host Al Franken. In a closed-door meeting this week, Franken tore into Axelrod and the Obama administration for a “failure of clear direction and leadership” on health care and other major bills on the Dem agenda.

Axelrod particularly needed a stainless steel backsplash to fend off Franken’s frankly frank assessment of the White House leadership mess. When a former comic and SNL skit writer sounds like the most serious guy in the room, you know there’s trouble in the donkey party…