GOP businessman announces campaign to oust US Sen. Warren

[TomCADem]

Source: Idaho Statesman

Republican business executive John Kingston is formally announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Elizabeth Warren.

The Winthrop executive is planning to outline his campaign goals Wednesday evening during a speech at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.

Kingston says that instead of looking for ways to "improve the lives of hardworking Americans" politicians like Warren "drive wedges between us for their own political gain."

He already has poured $3 million into his campaign.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article180743361.html

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Ah, another millionaire claiming that his wealth is a virtue in that he can buy his way to power.

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Dude, it's Massachusetts n/t

[pnwmom]

5. Dude, meet Mitt Romney and Scott Brown. n/t

[SkatmanRoth]

9. Romney and Brown are lessons learned; It won't happen again.

[paleotn]

11. Romney and Brown beat relatively weak opposition, in my opinion.

Elizabeth Warren is anything but weak opposition. Attach a handle and mop the floor with him.

[Jim Lane]

14. Unfortunately, he can divert some resources

If he self-funds an expensive ad campaign, we won't be able to take Warren's seat for granted. I had expected not to have to contribute to her. If it looks as if she's in any danger, I'll have to send her money that might otherwise go to a progressive Democrat challenging a vulnerable Republican incumbent.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. True n/t

[Angry Dragon]

2. and he tells lies

[Judi Lynn]

3. Here's hoping he'll be down the tube in no time at all. Sen. Warren is good for the whole country.

John Kingston

[SunSeeker]

4. Portrait of a putz. nt

[rpannier]

12. Looks like a cross between Bill Kristol and Steve Forbes nt

[Tiggeroshii]

6. Bring.it.on...

[Dopers_Greed]

7. Bad news

Russia is going to be campaigning hard for this guy

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Well, he's already has passed the GOP hypocrisy test!

Here we go again. A millionaire that undoubtedly will be supported by a number of billionaires in his campaign that will try to make Elizabeth look like the devil incarnate. And, a bunch of us regular citizens will need to pitch in and defend our hero against the power of those evil bastards.

The thing that regularly infuriates me is that much of the money they pour into any GOP candidacy ultimately came out of the pockets of "hardworking Americans", a penny or a dollar at a time.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. That awful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drove a wedge between banks and other people's money

How divisive can you get????

I'm sure that fact he's a merchant banker himself (in every sense) has nothing to do with it.

[PaulRevere08]

13. Another Wharton School alum - are they all indoctrinated in the belief

that the gathering of assets, no matter the human cost, is justified?

Reading through his background he talks a good game regarding racial justice but it's from a seat of power and devoid of any risk. I read his statement on Charlottesville and it came across as a much more eloquent version of "there were good people of both sides".

[Dawson Leery]

16. The reich wing would love to get rid of Warren.

She is a top contender for 2020.