A couple of updates on the Lou Dobbs story:
First, here's Steve Stark, writing about a possible Dobbs presidential candidacy at RealClearPolitics.com. Stark, by the way, is an old hand at populist long shots who went all the way; he was the issues director for Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign--the one that the Man from Plains won. Stark clearly thinks that lightning can strike again.
OK, that's one take. Now here's another.
And so secondly, a TCG source--I think I'll call this source "Deep TWC"--tells me that Dobbbs isn't serious about running for president. Instead, TCG hears, what Dobbs really wants it to get some more buzz and visibility, and not worry about an actual presidential run. Why? To sell more books? To up his speaking fees?
Nope, instead, Dobbs wants to run for another office--he wants to run for the US Senate in New Jersey, as a Democrat! The current incumbent in that seat, whose term comes up next year, is Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat who was born on January 23, 1924--which is to say, he will be nearly 85 years old in November. Hard to imagine that Lautenberg will run again. Hard to imagine, based on what I've heard, that Dobbs won't.
Howard Beale lives!?
You heard it here first.
