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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When he finishes running for President, he can go to college to become a brain surgeon or a cosmologist.
He’ll have to get through MRS. WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE in the primary first.
Yes, but he did have a suit on today instead of his pajama sweater. Could just be a coincidence...
He will get about as far as Huntsman did in 2012.
He might be good for some comedy relief during the Republican debates.
This guy needs some heavy,heavy medication for his paranoid delusions. Institutional time might also benefit him.
He would have to explain his claim that he was a Christian when he was a Florida congressman, to his open Satan worship pro death stance of today
The guy is as worthless a person as they come
I’ll vote for him. When puppies fly out of my butt ;)
People who run for president and lose make a lot of money giving speeches.
He has a DEAD intern problem.
He is in a suit again today....
Won’t Joe be surprised when the liberals he thinks are his friends start digging up the dirt and smearing him. Should be fun to watch.
Only about 50k people watch his crappy show and half of them tune in just to look at Mika’s breasts. I’m not a political expert, but my gut tells me that it’s difficult to be elected president with only 25k votes.
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