Posted on 02/21/2018 10:15:47 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Former CNBC and MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan is getting into politics. On Wednesday afternoon, Ratigan formally announced that he's running for Congress as a Democrat in New York's 21st congressional district, which encompasses several counties in the northern part of the state.
Ratigan spent three years at MSNBC before leaving the network — and the television business — in 2012. Before that, he worked as an executive for Bloomberg News and an anchor for CNBC.
Last spring, Ratigan was hired by his former MSNBC colleague, Cenk Uygur, as a contributor to his Young Turks Network. Uygur said that Ratigan will be a "great" candidate.
"He's not going to be weighed down by any party orthodoxy," Uygur said. "He's a truly independent thinker. Dylan understands finance better than almost anyone in the country. And he understands that the establishment is not in the money creation business anymore, they're in the money extraction business. That is at the core of what is bothering the American people — they feel like they're getting ripped off. Dylan can show them how and hopefully begin to end it."
When he left MSNBC, network president Phil Griffin said that Ratigan's "distinct voice and his fearless approach to tackling complicated issues has been a key part of MSNBC’s growth and success."
If Ratigan is able to make it through the Democratic primary, he'd face off against incumbent Republican Elise Stefanik, who was first elected to Congress in 2014.
Stefanik is rated by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics as a "safe Republican," meaning that Ratigan would have a tough time in unseating her. Donald Trump carried the district in the 2016 election.
"He’s from the North Country, which might make him palatable to many voters," said Geoffrey Skelley, an associate editor for the Center
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I looked at the photo gallery in the linked page. Why is Arianna squeezing her covfefe
Fake journalist. Fake politician.
Of course he’s running as a Democrat.
His face comprises equal parts of Al Franken and Alan Grayson.
Not content to be a former rat; decides to be a Ratigan.
“”He’s not going to be weighed down by any party orthodoxy,””
Yeah, right.
“He’s a truly independent thinker.”
Yeah, right.
“Dylan understands finance better than almost anyone in the country.”
If you dont believe how much smarter he is than the rest of us, just ask him.
So he's gonna be a hard-core Stalinist.
I figger if Stink Ugger of the Young Jerks loves him, you know he’s got to be nuttier than Grandma’s fruitcake.
MSNBC and CNBC ‘rat.
How many metoo’s are hanging in his closets???
As much as I dislike Dylan Ratigan, Elise Stefanik isn’t much better. She’s a member of the “moderate” Republican Tuesday Group. She’s the perfect example of everything that’s wrong with the Republican party.
I guess Ratigan’s solar powered hydroponic farming business went belly-up without Obama subsidies!
Is he Wolf Blitzer stupid or just your average stupid journalist.
He’s a MEAN SOB....Perfect for NY!
IMO it’s a better strategy to allow the Stalinist to win rather than a Squish GOP’er. The commie is like a hammer slam on the head whereas the Squish GOP’er eases the populace to the same place only slower.
Really? Does he sound like Vincent Price?
When he would be an occasional guest on Morning Joe, Scarborough would always be leery of him babbling on uncontrollably. Joe tried to keep him on a short leash.
I remember one time when Joe told him, after Ratigan had been rambling on, “time to bring it in for a landing, Dylan!”
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