Is it too late for Gephardt to run for senate?

[DaisyUCSB]

Or does he just want to retire? Someone needs to start a draft gephardt movement against Kit Bond

[Doomsayer13]

1. He'll likely retire

I don't think there's any reason why he'd want to enter a prolonged race with an incumbent, esepcally after being defeated in Iowa, which was once considered to be his home territory. He'll go the way of other Democratic leaders, retiring to write a book or maybe becoming Secretary of Labor in another Democratic Administration.

On a side note, are you from UCSB? Do you attended the UCSB Campus Dems meetings?

[saltpoint]

2. Agreed. Any Missouri DUers out there --

-- who could fill us in? Do the Democrats already have a candidate against Bond?

Gephardt would be very good against Bond.

[goobergunch]

4. St. Treas. Nancy Farmer

but IMHO Gephardt would make a good candidate.

http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/MO.htm

[sistersofmercy]

5. Sorry not sure, no one with any momentum anyway.

I'd loved to see Geppy in the Senate. :hi: from St Louis.

[TakebackAmerica]

6. I'm not from Missouri, but

Dems have an OK canidate in Nancy Farmer.

[leetrisck]

8. I've always hoped Gephardt would run against Bond

if he dropped out of the race in time. Yes, there is a candidate - a lady - from State Govt (Farmer, I believe), but I honestly believe Gephardt might be the only candidate who could beat Bond and he certainly needs to be beaten. I wasn't supportive of Gephardt in the primaries and I've always hoped if he didn't do well right away in the primaries that he would run for the Senate. This has just been my hope - no inside info.

[...Alltogethernow]

3. I'm afraid it's time for the fine gentleman to

... retire

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

7. gephardt needs to just retire

he doesn't know how to win, either congressional elections or any other kind of election. the dems will be better off with him gone.

[dnbmathguy]

9. I think he will retire

But he did win 14 straight Congressional elections.

[DaisyUCSB]

10. in a big city district

and he lost ALOT of seats for us as minority leader. That doesn't mean he shouldn't try and win Missouri statewide