Posted on 01/15/2017 10:36:21 AM PST by simpson96
The queen of conservative talk radio, Laura Ingraham, is eyeing a Senate run in Virginia and a challenge to Hillary Clinton's running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine.
Knowledgeable sources said that several party insiders have approached the media giant to run and that she is considering it.
In preparation for a bid, her business partner, Peter Anthony, has begun buying website domains for Ingraham to use should she decide to move forward. It includes: ingrahamsenate.net, ingrahamsenate.com, ingrahamforvirginia.com and ingraham2018.com.
Ingraham wouldn't comment on any run.
While it would be considered an uphill fight, Ingraham brings her well-known personality and several influential backers to a race that could translate into immediate media and fundraising opportunities.
Ingraham also would come to the race with a powerful media enterprise behind her. Besides her popular radio show, she also heads the news site Lifezette.com.
What's more, she is close to President-elect Trump and was even rumored to be in the running for White House press secretary, a job given to Trump adviser and longtime Republican spokesman Sean Spicer. He is also the incoming White House communications director.
The Republican primary could be crowded. Both Reps. Barbara Comstock and Dave Brat are considering a bid, and Brat has already been singled out by Kaine as a top challenger. And there are reports that former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, a 2010 California Senate candidate, also wants to run in Virginia.
Ingraham, a Fox News contributor and former Supreme Court clerk, is also a New York Times bestselling author who has earned a reputation for delivering zingers. In fact, one of her books is titled Of Thee I Zing.
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She’d be awesome in the Senate.
OMG!
U go Gryl....
I’m in!
Pedo clown or talk show beauty? This will be a tough decision. /S
Agreed. That's why when some suggested in Nov. that she should be Press Secretary, I thought it ridiculous. Press Secretary's are simple talking heads who come and go, and besides, Trump will speak for himself.
She’d never win. Virginia is a blue state now. Hillary winning itbhas convinced me VA is never going back.
If I was younger I’d move there just for the honor of being able to vote for Laura Ingraham... She’s that good.
I think Tim Kaine will step aside to hop on lobbyist gravy train.
Laura Ingraham should run for President some day. She is so smart and articulate and nice and clean (as Biden says).
She would kill Kaine in any debate.
You and your white flag . . . . .
TUROTD
“I think Tim Kaine will step aside to hop on lobbyist gravy train.”
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Actually, Timmy “Sugar” Kaine would skip aside and hop on what ever he could.
Oh yeah ....
Oh yeah Yeah YEAH!!!
Yes she would.
The only thing he knows is taxes,where’s the taxes?
LOL. I still laugh at the reference to Kaine as a Pedo Clown.
So funny.
Maybe not. I like Laura a lot but to be effective in the Senate you have to play well with others which is not necessarily Laura's long suite. I think she's doing just fine with her books, TV appearances and radio show.
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