Should Keith Olbermann run for Senate?

[backscatter712]

ABSOLUTELY!

At the minimum, it'd be a way to keep his name in lights, that the non-compete agreement can't stop - he'd be switching from the media business to the politics business, which means he couldn't be competing with his old employer. It'd be a purely political endeavor, so any attempt to squelch his campaign with a lawsuit would be shot down on First Amendment grounds.

And he'd be a great Senator! He knows more about the issues than just about anyone, and he could be a voice we desperately need in the Senate!

What do you think: Should Keith run for Senate!

[Name removed]

1. Deleted message

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. You've got to be kidding

The Republicans are unstoppable - everyone knows that. We can only cave, compromise, and hope that they let some of us live.

Olbermann would just make the Republicans cross. It's good that he's gone - hopefully the Republicans will forget his transgressions on behalf of actual Democrats.

[steve2470]

3. I voted no.

I hate to say this, but running for office ALMOST guarantees compromising yourself. Bernie Sanders and a few others are the exceptions.

[backscatter712]

4. Al Franken and Bernie Sanders need more people on their side.

Keith might be the guy to add to the true progressives in the Senate.

[H2O Man]

5. Yes.

If he wants to.

[Uben]

6. Olberman's reporting is opinionated truth......

.....and we know what our government thinks about spreading truths....think Assange. We need Olberman's eyes on the outside looking in, not the other way around.

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. Hell yeah..why shouldn't we have...

....our own private Schwartezenegger? This particular brand of idiocy is bi-partisan and immortal.

If, say, the Kansas City Royals suck, the answer is to get 25 better baseball players, not 25 fabulous media personalities with a certain love of baseball. They do different things.

But the DU dream of politics-without-politicians is durable if nothing else.

[elocs]

8. no

[Cant trust em]

9. What state should he run in? nt

[TBF]

10. Nope, that's a non-starter. Look what it did to Al Franken. He can help us

organize though.

[jillan]

11. I think he should move to Arizona and run for Governor.... hey a girl can dream, can't she?

[northoftheborder]

12. I voted yes, because of all the deleted messages responding.........

.....profane objections? Freepers freaking out? ???

[backscatter712]

13. There was one freeper troll when I saw that thread earlier.

I think most of the rest was DUers telling that troll to piss off, which is also against the rules, but hey, I felt the same way.

[NYCGirl]

14. No, it'd get in the way of baseball season.

He has a $14 million settlement and lots of time for his first love.

[frogmarch]

15. No. We need him to be a

visible force.