Posted on 01/31/2013 12:17:53 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Geraldo contemplating run for Senate By Jonathan Easley - 01/31/13 02:02 PM ET
Television personality and radio host Geraldo Rivera announced Thursday he’s “truly contemplating” a run for Senate in New Jersey.
“I mention this only briefly, fasten your seatbelt,” Rivera said on his radio show. “I mentioned this only briefly to my wife ... but I am and I’ve been in touch with some people in the Republican Party in New Jersey. I am truly contemplating running for Senate against Frank Lautenberg or Cory Booker.”
New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D), 89, is up for reelection in 2014 but hasn’t announced whether he plans to seek another term.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) has announced he is weighing a bid for the seat, a decision that has frustrated New Jersey Democrats, many of whom feel he was their best shot at unseating Gov. Chris Christie (R).
“I’m not going to drill this out, because obviously I’ve got commitments to Fox and to here at the radio program and I’m really having a great time,” Rivera added. “But I figure at my age, if I’m going to do it I’ve got to do it. And there doesn’t seem to be any Republicans ready to work against or run against Corey Booker, the popular Newark mayor.”
Rivera could face a tough primary challenge, however, with reports suggesting that Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick of Westfield, state Sen. Joe Kyrillos of Monmouth County and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno are all weighing bids for the GOP ticket.
No official Republican contenders have emerged so far, and none have much of a national profile. New Jersey hasn’t elected a Republican senator since the 1970s.
If it gets that insufferable a-hole off FoxNews, I’m all for it.
Great minds and all that.... ;-)
I’d be looking forward to the debates. Will there be chair fights?
IF the Republican Party takes Jerry Rivers as a viable candidate, I will change my voter registration as quickly as I can do so.
I have been a registered Republican voter for over 52 years.
That will end if they cater to that jerk. Especially after how they have treated Sarah Palin.
we have enough whore aldos in the senate.
“I hear he’s already got Al Capone’s vote.”
Really? Al didn’t say anything at our last sit-down...
This guy could be dangerous, folks. Rivera is Jesus to the Hispanic community. I could see his rise to presidency as the ‘Hispanic answer to black 0bama’ and that would SUCK BIG TIME. I know he’s Jewish but he’ll play up the Hispanic roots thing like never seen before.
Ohhhhhhh...It's a secret you say....Well, that's certainly drawing a line in the sand.
“Michael Bloomberg-Colin Powell School of Republican politics” = RINO Univ.
They would have, if the state supreme court hadn't moved to install Lautenberg.
-PJ
Owww! I just had an acid reflux accident. Managed to hold the puke from spewing all over my keyboard. Just what we need. Another radical left wing extremist demokkkrat to “work for the people”. By that I mean la raza and mecha. This guy is an idiot. My wife went to his show several years ago and like the good girl she is, she voiced an opinion opposite of his when called upon and he didn’t like it. Not one bit. Heheheheh!
Herjaldo is a HOT HEAD. I can see him picking up a chair and bonking his fellow Senator over the head with it. LOL
Geraldo
Al Franken
Ashley Judd
What a friggin Freak Show the Senate is gonna be if the Dems get their way.
Geraldo Rivera....the biggest oil source since shale.....
Exactly what I was thinking.
What state does Paris Hilton hail from?
I heard he is drawing up his campaign strategy with a stick in the dirt
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