Lou Dobbs Floating A Presidential Run?
Lou Dobbs… CNN sensation, self-proclaimed populist… and demagogue? Buried in today’s news pile was a Wall Street Journal op-ed announcing that Dobbs is floating a run for the presidency:
Friends of Mr. Dobbs say he is seriously contemplating a race for the first time, although it’s still unlikely. They spin a scenario under which the acerbic commentator would parachute into the race if Michael Bloomberg, the New York billionaire and favorite of East Coast elites, enters the field as an independent. With Hillary Clinton continuing to score badly in polls in the categories of honesty and integrity, and with the public’s many doubts about Rudy Giuliani and other GOP contenders, Mr. Bloomberg may well see an opportunity to roil the political waters by entering the race late. If so, Mr. Dobbs then sees a niche for a “fourth-party” candidate who could paint the three other contenders as completely out of touch.
What’s interesting here is author John Fund‘s referral to Bloomie as a “favorite of East Coast elites” in a negative context. A tight-lipped swipe at Dow Jones rivals Bloomberg?
Who knows — but if this (and yeah, we know it’s unlikely) actually happens, the right-wingers get to have their own, non-ironic Stephen Colbert.
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