<b> WSJ downplays popular favorite: American Idol’ Dad Joe DioGuardi Runs for Senate</b>

The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 16, 2010 | Michael Howard Saul

[The Doctor]

Attention Ryan Seacrest: This DioGuardi wants to go to Washington – not Hollywood.

Former Congressman Joe DioGuardi, better known these days as the father of “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi, launched Tuesday a bid to become the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in New York.

Mr. DioGuardi, who represented suburban Westchester County in the House of Representatives for two terms in the 1980s, appears to be getting plenty of media attention

[The Doctor]

This WSJ article served to diss the candidate by creating one-dimensional view of his idol-connection. The FOX & Friends interview of DioGuardi, while not entirely devoted to the issues, did address his conservative record and the fact that he predicted the financial crisis two decades ago. Other luminaries (e.g., Palin, Hannity) are now pulling from his playbook on the national debt and generational theft.

My sources tell me that the national Republican leadership wants Dan Senor, most likely because they can control his vote.

I am not a native New Yorker, but as a Virginian with two Dem senators who voted party line on healthcare and other issues, I am more than disgruntled that the majority of Virginians have no say in the Senate. And I would be just as riled if the Republicans did the same thing.