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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said Wednesday that he hasn't closed the door on a 2016 presidential bid.
Asked by radio host Hugh Hewitt if he had ruled out running for president, Scarborough said he "won't rule anything out" and later added, "we'll see what happens."
"No, I won't rule anything out. I've always said and I've always been open about the fact that the greatest job I ever had and the greatest honor I've ever had was being in the House of Representatives," the former Florida congressman said. "It was an absolute thrill and I had to get out because I had young children to raise and I wanted to be back home in Pensacola. No, I've always said I wanted to get back in. It's just a matter of time. We'll see what happens."
Though Scarborough has floated the idea before, his name wasn't on anyone's shortlist until Bill Kristol, the founder of The Weekly Standard, dropped his name in a recent survey for POLITICO Magazine.
Few took Kristol's suggestion seriously -- "Scarborough will get a kick out of being on the list, but almost certainly wont pull on the snow boots for a trip to Iowa or New Hampshire," the magazine's editors wrote -- except for The Daily Caller, which cited "sources" who said it was "widely believed at MSNBC" that Scarborough was "mulling a presidential bid."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/02/scarborough-wont-rule-out-183261.html?hp=r2
babylonsister
(171,050 posts)CK_John
(10,005 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Especially interns named Lori....
davekriss
(4,616 posts)And quickly!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)Jebus.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)You ruined your chances at even winning the GOP nomination once you started working for MSNBC.
global1
(25,239 posts)Cuz - It's the quickest way to get him off of MSNBC.
Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)And it won't be pretty.
Ino
(3,366 posts)But I haven't.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Can I get a Politico profile now?
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)are but if it wasn't for Phil I think he would have been scrapped ages ago.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)The very reputable and knowing BlindGossip says they already have an apartment together: http://blindgossip.com/?p=57496
A blind item by Liz Smith at NewYorkSocialDiary wrote of a "morning show sex scandal" that may suggest the two. http://newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1910022 (bottom paragraph.)
I recall Stephen Colbert making a snide-ish reference to Joe being backstage when Mika promoted her book.