Ashley Judd won't run for Senate

[Tx4obama]

Source: CNN

(CNN) - Actress and Democrat Ashley Judd, who was openly considering challenging Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat in 2014, announced Wednesday she was "currently unable" to run for public office.

"After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family," Judd wrote on Twitter.

The announcement comes after months of speculation that Judd – an actress with family roots in Kentucky - would jump into politics. The rumors sparked heavy backlash from Republicans, including McConnell, who began producing videos attacking Judd.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/27/ashley-judd-wont-run-for-senate/

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A screenshot of all FIVE Judd tweets are here: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ashley-judd-i-am-unable-to-run-for




Edited to add..

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A source close to Judd said that Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes’ interest in potential race made the decision not to run easier. “The timing just wasn’t right,” said the source.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/27/ashley-judd-is-not-running-for-senate/

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/1251296164


Note: CNN has updated/added to their article, so I've updated the text up in the OP.

[BlueStreak]

1. Twitter is ridiculous

This is like firing a person with an email. It took a chain of 5 tweets to make a simple statement. In what universe does a system of limiting communication to 140 characters make the slightest bit of sense? It is an insult to humanity to attempt to make a substantive statement on that sewer. If this is the future, humanity is doomed.

I wish Ashley well.

I wouldn't have wanted to be responsible for McConnell's laundry this past month. I bet he crapped his pants every day.

Now everything can go back to normal. The Beltway is at peace once more.

[PolitFreak]

2. Twitter Sucks

It's no coincidence that the first four letters spell twit.

[BlueStreak]

6. Next up -- all the cool kids are doing this hot new thing: Morse code

[Seeking Serenity]

3. I wonder if the entrenched Party PTB in Kentucky

"strongly encouraged" her to stay out?

I don't know, I'm not in Kentucky. But I know intraparty, intrastate politics can be brutal.

[Le Taz Hot]

10. It sure smells like it.

And I'm thinking it wasn't just the PTB in Kentucky, either. My guess is it went a little further up the ladder.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

16. yup, all the way to Mr. Listen-to-Dick-Morris, the Godfather of Milquetoast Triangulation himself

[magical thyme]

20. ok, now that's a really unfortunate photograph

And I can't stop laughing. All he needs is for his hair to go a little more electrified...

[Left Coast2020]

4. Not good news

[RussBLib]

5. isn't Grimes a pretty strong candidate?

probably as much name recognition in Kentucky as Ashley Judd has.

[MADem]

12. I wish I knew more about this candidate, in terms of how well she will do... nt

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. who?

I live across the river from KY and I've barely heard of her

[xtraxritical]

11. She probably is very concerned what the PTB can do to her family in the area.

I'm sure threats were made.

[MotherPetrie]

8. I knew she wouldn't

[marshall]

9. Wynonna is currently on Dancing with the Stars

Judd says her family needs her attention, and I immediately thought of her sister. She is oing to need her encouragement at this time. Family comes first.

[tavalon]

13. What about her mother?

Hepatitis B.

[marshall]

17. I think they both will be supporting Wynonna

It is a grueling process, and the contestants need all the support from loved ones they can get.

[Webster Green]

19. Dancing with the stars?

Seriously. I've never seen it, but is it really that heavy?

These descriptions sound like she's going off to war or something.

I don't watch TV, BTW.

[magical thyme]

21. you are joking, right? nt

[marshall]

27. She really is on the show

Not sure how long she will last, but I certainly wish her and her family well.

[magical thyme]

28. I don't question that. What I do question is that one would set aside running for senator

to "support" a sibling on a teevee program. It just doesn't strike me as even close to typical priorities. Only in America, I guess

[marshall]

29. Sadly Wynonna is off Dancing with the Stars

She was voted off the show. She is a talented singer, but that corset she insists on cinching herself into at all times severely restricted her movements and made her appear quite stiff.

[magical thyme]

30. I don't watch Dancing With the Stars. I don't care that Wynonna was voted off.

I'm sure she had a good time. But it just isn't a priority for me. I don't even have tv any more except the 3 PBS stations I get without an extra antenna.

To each their own.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

14. Clinton and the DLC conservacrats shoved her out

Ashley's anti-MTR stance terrified them. God forbid someone take a position of principle, rather than trying to out-coal the GOP for dirty campaign cash

[era veteran]

18. I removed my comment

Hope we have a candidate I can support. I don't want infighting but we have run some piss poor people pretty regularly.
Deliver us from the Mitchie.

[DesertRat]

22. Ashley Judd's full explanation is on her website

http://ashleyjudd.com/2013/03/27/thank-you/

[Tx4obama]

23. Thank you for posting that link :) n/t

[DesertRat]

24. You're welcome! nt

[marshall]

25. Very thoughtful and eloquent

The internet is a remarkable thing, giving voice to messages like this.

[mercymechap]

26. Don't you know that Twitter

was created specially for Sarah Palin and her followers. They can only understand 140 character sentences, and then again, not so much.

I hope we have a strong Democrat running against McConnell, it's time for him to go feed pigeons at the park.