So far, we’ve heard rumors about the following Republicans exploring a run for president in 2012: Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Rudy Giuliani, Rick Santorum, John Thune, Mike Huckabee, Roger Ailes, Michele Bachmann and even Glenn Beck. Well, the clown car is about to get more crowded. Enter Lou Dobbs:
Ex-CNNer Lou Dobbs tells WTOP this morning that he feels “liberated and emancipated” since leaving the network — and he’s not ruling out the possibility of running for president in 2012.
When one of the WTOP anchors joked that pundits were floating the crazy idea of the immigration-fixated Dobbs running for president, he shot back: “What]s so crazy about that?” — and disclosed that he’s talking to advisers to suss out his political options.
“For the first time I’m actually listening to [people who want him to run for office]. … I don’t think I have the nature for it. … But we’ve got to do something for this country.”
With TV personalities like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs in the field what are the rest of the Republicans going to do and how will they get attention? Watching that group try to out crazy each other will be really interesting, that’s for sure.