Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ

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 Is anyone surprised?

HILLSIDE, N.J. – Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

Dobbs spokesman Robert Dilenschneider told The Associated Press Wednesday that Dobbs may challenge Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, but is considering other offers he's received since his abrupt exit from CNN on Nov. 11 after 29 years on the news network.

"A logical step for Lou, should he choose to go into public life, is to run for the next Senate seat in New Jersey, or to accept some kind of appointed position, nationally or in New Jersey," Dilenschneider said.

A Dobbs candidacy in 2012 would set up a pitched battle over immigration against Menendez, the Senate's only Hispanic member.

Dobbs, who owns a farm in rural northwestern New Jersey, flirted briefly this year with a run for governor. He later ripped Republican nominee Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor, over immigration enforcement and gave the independent candidate air time on CNN.

His attacks on Christie could complicate his entry into Republican politics, since Christie won.

Dobbs was once a Republican but is now an independent. He did not return requests for comment Wednesday. Dilenschneider said that Dobbs was in Florida and that no decision on his future was expected for at least two weeks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_en_tv/us_lou_dobbs_senate

[resamerie]

 Jersey can use some HOT AIR in the winter months, so I'm told. I think it'll be fun just to watch him waste his money campaigning.

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Quoting resamerie:

 Jersey can use some HOT AIR in the winter months, so I'm told. I think it'll be fun just to watch him waste his money campaigning.

OH boy I just about busted a gut......lol

[sweetie00]

Quoting resamerie:

 Jersey can use some HOT AIR in the winter months, so I'm told. I think it'll be fun just to watch him waste his money campaigning.

HAHA!

Another Michelle Bachmann, that's all we need.....