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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (71098)	8/25/2009 10:44:49 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224720

More good news:Actor Alec Baldwin Elects Not To Join Senate Race The Hartford Courant, Connecticut, 2009-08-25 By Christopher Keating, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Aug. 25--From Al Franken to Clint Eastwood to Ronald Reagan, celebrities have been running -- and threatening to run -- for political office for years. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Connecticut has traditionally been the home to celebrities -- the late Paul Newman and Anne Coulter, among others -- but their names are mentioned only in political speculation that virtually never turns into actual candidacies. The latest version involves actor Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, a longtime liberal, was quoted in Playboy magazine earlier this year as saying that he was considering moving to Connecticut to challenge longtime U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a conservative Democrat who ran in 2006 as an independent after losing the Democratic primary. The issue arose again Sunday when Lieberman was asked about Baldwin's comments on the nationally televised CNN political program "State of the Union." "Make my day," Lieberman replied, prompting the other panelists to laugh. Baldwin's brother, Stephen, had reignited the issue recently on a radio show after some insiders had thought that Alec had put the issue to rest. In a blog posting last month, Alec wrote, "Lastly, no, I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman. As much as I think Lieberman is an enormous letdown to the party that gave him their nomination for Vice President, I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves." He added, "Running for public office involves among the most sacred trusts that one can enter into, and I would like to give that a lot of serious thought before I decide if that is right for me and the voters I would potentially serve." To reinforce the point, a Baldwin spokesman, after the Lieberman interview, released a statement that the actor had no intentions of running for Senate. Baldwin, who describes himself as a "carry-me-out-in-a-box New Yorker," lives on eastern Long Island. Since Lieberman's six-year term is not up until November 2012, all aspirants have several years to decide whether to run. State Republican Chairman Christopher Healy noted that few Connecticut celebrities actually pull the trigger when it comes time to run. "Talk is cheap," Healy said Monday. "Everybody's a candidate until they have to fill out the paperwork. Everybody's a candidate -- Alec Baldwin. Anne Coulter. Peter Schiff." Schiff is an investor and nationally known commentator who has been studying whether to run against U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, whose list of friends and contributors include celebrities like singer Paul Simon of New Canaan. Linda McMahon of Greenwich -- known for running the professional wrestling world with her husband, Vince -- is also contemplating a run against Dodd. CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow of Redding had been mentioned as a possible Republican opponent against Dodd, but he dropped out of the race in March. "I talked to Kudlow about it," Healy said. "Kudlow is different because he worked in the Reagan administration. He worked on Wall Street. He doesn't view himself that way as a celebrity. Although celebrities are known to contribute regularly to Connecticut candidates, the state's voters don't have a history of actually casting ballots for them. "Unlike Hollywood, voters don't want your autograph," Healy said. "They're not there to clap when you step out of the limousine." -----