WDAY: Sen. Franken: Tragedy will not keep politicians from meeting with constituents

The quick and short answer is 'no'. Franken says it's his job to meet with the people he's representing. He says the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will not stop him from doing the job he was elected to do.

Rep. Giffords was shot in the head, and a hospital spokesman calls the Democrat's outlook "optimistic." The man accused of shooting her and 19 others, 22-year old Jared Loughner, appeared in federal court today and was ordered held on bail.

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