This is great news. I met Paul Wellstone just before his death and was such a decent human and wonderful Senator that it made his death worse by who "replaced" him. I look forward to seeing how Sen. Franken develops.
On a funny note....here's a video from Al Franken's youth of him as Mick Jagger:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/al-franken-as-mick-jagger