I’m not a former president or a Biden granddaughter, so my thoughts about the fate of democracy carry little weight. Still, I’ve thought a lot about what a successful Democrat ticket might look like, and if it were up to me—and it really should be—my choice would be Al Franken/Kamala Harris.

“Well, that’s stupid and makes no sense,” you’re thinking.

I know! Nothing makes sense these days. The Supreme Court just ruled a President can order protesters to be shot and get away with it. To my mind, Franken checks all the boxes necessary to beat Trump—and nothing is more important than beating Trump.

Here are my “12 keys” to winning the presidency and why Franken would be a remarkably good choice to destroy Trump in the election.

1. Name recognition. Franken has risen to the top in several mediums. The boomers know him from the 70s when he joined the writing staff of Saturday Night Live and later became a cast member and producer. Gen X knows him as the host of a highly-rated progressive Air America radio show and best-selling author. And Millennials know him as a popular U.S. senator from Minnesota. He served from 2009-2018 until forced to resign by his own party.

2. Hilarious. Comedy shouldn’t count in politics, but it does. In 2016, a Boston cabbie told me that he was voting for Trump over........

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