Senate a First Stop for Dobbs?

The NY Times reports that former-CNNer Lou Dobbs is not only mulling a future presidential campaign, but is also looking into the New Jersey U.S. Senate seat held by Robert Menendez:

A spokesman played down the idea of a presidential race, but said Mr. Dobbs was taking seriously the idea of running against Mr. Menendez. “I think Lou is realistically saying, that’s a long way off, but if he did run for office there’d have to be an intermediary step, such as the Menendez seat,” said the spokesman, Robert L. Dilenschneider. He said Mr. Dobbs was impressed by Republican gains in New Jersey in November and by President Obama’s sinking popularity.

Click here to receive mediabistro.com’s Daily Newsfeed via email with stories like this one.

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.