Posted on 02/10/2014 12:40:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Sources close to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough think he is seriously considering the prospect of leaving morning television to run for president in 2016.
Last week, Scarborough was all smiles — even letting out a laugh — on “Morning Joe” when Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol suggested on the air that Scarborough could represent the “Jon Huntsman lane” in a 2016 GOP primary.
But behind the scenes, those who know Scarborough are not laughing.
It’s widely believed at MSNBC — including among network brass — that Scarborough is actively mulling a presidential bid, sources said.
Meanwhile, some of Scarborough’s guests are beginning to talk him up as a possible candidate. Mark McKinnon — the former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain who co-founded the group No Labels and appears on Morning Joe regularly — said he has talked about the prospect of a White House campaign with Scarborough “ever since we first met years ago, but always in the abstract.”
“On paper, he’s a great candidate,” McKinnon told The Daily Caller. “He has the kind of confidence, ideas and media savvy required to make it on the big stage. And he’d be a lot of fun to watch because he wouldn’t be afraid to mix it up with anybody on any topic. I think it would be highly entertaining and good for the party.”
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He has promised Mika the Secretary of Defense job.
the John Huntsman lane?
ROFL
you mean the liberal dead end lane ! lol
RE: for which party?
It says in the article:
“Scarborough could represent the “Jon Huntsman lane” in a 2016 GOP primary.”
If you remember Jon Huntsman, he was one of the GOP candidates running for President. He was the GOP Governor of Utah and then served as Ambassador to China under Obummer.
See # 20
RE: Didn’t he kill enough interns ??
Yeah, I see what you’re saying. At least Monica came out of her ordeal alive.
Thank you for keeping her name front and center.
Scarborough is a vicious megalomaniac (as well as a damned fool, as are most such monsters) who deserves to be pounded back down under the rocks where he belongs.
I hope he does run if only to grant us the pleasure of taking the sledges and pitchforks after him.
It's not like police found a dead woman in his office.
But Joe, what about Lori Klausutis, the 28-year-old staffer that was found dead in your district office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on July 20th, 2001. Cause of death: Blow to the head. What...do you think you are Kennedy now or something?
Wish him well....not!
I coulda been a contender.
Morning Joke? Hahahahahahahaha!!! My gut hurts.
LOL...He’ll get used like a cheap dish towel in a Denny’s pancake house. Bring your smug, elitist, arrogant attitude and see how badly it turns out Joe.
I think the Pat Paulsen aisle is still open, run Joe run!
Hey Mika, want to be my VP candidate.
Mika’s skill is making very many different funny looking faces while the others talk.
She also reads the news and talks about her daughter.
RINO alert....
he’s not getting my vote
Joe, that dead girl in your office, just might derail those plans right out of the gate.
Jon Huntsman only has 40,000 likes on his facebook.
Despite an unlimited war chest, and near-constant praise from a sympathetic media elite– Jon Huntsman finished just ahead of Michele Bachmann, and behind Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Perry in 2012.
Please, she just fell naked and hit her head on a desk all by herself late at night in his office!
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