MSNBC host considering Florida Senate bid (Joe Scarborough)

[sabra]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, is leaving open the possibility of running for outgoing Florida Sen. Mel Martinez's seat in 2010.

The host of "Morning Joe" told the Sarasota Herald Tribune he's been fielding calls from several Florida Republicans urging him to run. "I haven't closed it off," he told the paper in an article published Monday. "I've been getting some calls from some fundraisers in Florida."

But Scarborough added he may have more influence now as a cable talk-show host than as Florida's junior senator.

Still, the race may be among the most high-profile and hard-fought Senate battles in 2010. Since former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced earlier this month he was not interested in running for the seat, state Republicans have been looking to field another high-profile candidate. Democrats are also scrambling to find a well-known candidate after Alex Sink, the state’s chief financial officer, said she would not run.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/09/msnbc-host-considering-florida-senate-bid/

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. Oh Puke.

:puke:

[Botany]

2. 2 words

Dead Intern

[onehandle]

8. It was only one.

Now if it was twelve, then that would be Big!

[ErinBerin84]

3. MSNBC has been trying to push back on this pretty hard

I think Scarborough just wanted to brag that people WANTED him to run. Sure, Joe. Then, maybe MSNBC reminded him that they didn't want to draw attention to those pesky dead intern rumors.

[lark]

20. Dead intern issue not a problem here in FL

I never saw it mentioned in the paper once, but heard about here. DU rocks.

:headbang:

[No Elephants]

31. My first thought was that Joe is starting rumors as a trial balloon.

[goclark]

4. Double Puke

He is mental

[Oceansaway]

5. one dead intern is enough....n/t

[avaistheone1]

37. Looks that way.

Women beware!

[JaneQPublic]

6. I hope he does.

The Dem opponent will have hours of video of him on air ranting like a spoiled brat, all very suitable for choice TV ads.

[jpak]

7. I would hope MSNBC tapes his stump speeches - especially at churches and other RW venues

He might be all "Smilin' Joe" on the teevee, but when he is in his true Florida redneck element - he's as fascist a wingnut as they come.

Be afraid

[Donnachaidh]

12. Just pull up that comment he made about Chris Hedge's book "American Theocracy"

He came thisclose to having his head spin in circles on his neck. He was *outraged* that Hedge's dare call fundies theocrats. I'm sure they had to wipe the spit from his desktop after the piece.

[Ticonderoga]

9. This is Great News

Because maybe now the death of Lori Klausutis will finally be exposed to the light of day and a real investigation will ensue.

[goclark]

25. What about the Mika and Joe rumors?

The tabloids had a huge hint about it.

[Carni]

29. I missed those!

What's the story?

You know when that show first started out she seemed MUCH more liberal than she is now...now she sounds as bad as Scarborough himself.

I actually wondered a couple of weeks ago what was up with her sudden shift to the right! Those two do seem a little familiar on the air if you ask me, but I thought I was imagining things.

[No Elephants]

32. Are you saying she hanged a right because she banged a Right?

[Carni]

39. That's what I'm sayin! lol NT

[stillcool]

10. Did he get cleared up

whatever was so problematic that he had to "spend time with his family"?

[geomon666]

17. Nope, his secretary is still dead. n/t

[No Elephants]

33. Yeah. He was leaving them to marry his current wife. That requires focus.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

38. Scarborough/Dead Chick '10

Serously, Joe. Our attention spans aren't that short...

[BumRushDaShow]

11. First Tweety, now Schmoe...

Is this another contract up for negotiation? :eyes:

[No Elephants]

34. Good point.

[Supersedeas]

41. lots of superficial hot air -- right up Skankburg alley

[IndianaGreen]

13. Good bye, Joe!

I might start watching MSNBC in the morning if Joe was gone to campaign.

[shaniqua6392]

14. How about "Morning Thom Hartmann"?????

I hate Scarborough. I love the format of that show though. It is ideal for those of us who are running around in the morning with kids, etc. You can come and go and still enjoy the show. Can you just imagine Thom Hartmann doing it every morning?

[JayMusgrove]

15. I would LOVE to see Mortning Shmo run for the Senate, and

he won't be able to host that morning show, which will make it better.

Also, he will lose in 2010 in a run for the Senate, and will be a loser all around.

Get him off MSNBC.........so none of us have to see him anymore.

[No Elephants]

35. I don't know if he'd lose. Name recognition is valuable and Florida is not True Blue..

[KamaAina]

16. He'd have to run the whole office by himself

who in their right mind would volunteer to be his intern? :scared:

[Lefty-Taylor]

18. Talk about having a skeleton in your closet, eh, Joe?

[goclark]

28. Right you are~

[EFerrari]

19. Will it get him off the air? n/t

[tanyev]

21. The guy who just admitted he doesn't know what he's talking about?

Go right ahead, Joe.

[Roy]

22. Don't worry about Ole Joe....

He floated a trial balloon about running for elected office before, but one blog comment about Lori Klausitas, and he quickly changed his mind.

[Thor_MN]

23. Considering the job environment, he might be able to find an intern applicant.

People are desperate for jobs, so if he has any chance of staffing an office, it would be now...

[livefreest]

24. Oh God why doesn't he go? go anywhere but just leave msnbc joe!

:banghead:

[FrenchieCat]

26. He should go for it!

In reality, he's just talking.
Doing what Matthews did.

Guess his contract is coming up.

[Bake]

27. At least it would get him off the air!

Ideally, he'd lose the race and MSRNC would have already replaced him.

Bake

[KamaAina]

30. Maybe he could take out "peasant insurance" on his interns

the way Sprawl-Mart does. :eyes:

[No Elephants]

36. Calling Debbie Wasserman Schultz; calling Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

[JayMusgrove]

40. She can wipe the floor with Joe (dead intern)

She's a wonderful choice to run against him.

Florida has lots of rednecks who won't want a woman, but it also has lots of Jewish aligned voters, and look at what happened in 2008 with Obama/McCain.

[IndianaGreen]

42. No more Morning Joe?????

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce: