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Well I took nearly two months to survey a possible Senate bid. There is not a way for me to run and to win. The options are either I would lose in the primary, at best taking a third of the vote. The second option is I would win and splinter and fracture the party so much that it would take a decade or more to heal the damage. The third option is that Mike Huckabee could exploit either the first or second option to run for U.S. Senate. I am not prepared to allow any of those things to happen.
Also, unfortunately, financially I am not in a position to run or raise the money to run. Finally, the Chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party is a good friend and someone who I admire and trust. If Jason Willett says don't do it, I am inclined to listen, because he is a close friend.
Finally, its just not in the cards. Yes, I am mad about Mark Pryor voting the way he has voted. But unfortunately, I cannot raise the money it will take to defeat him and defeat a savvy, well-funded, Republican like Mike Huckabee in the fall.
There will be those who will get on the blogs, who do not know me, who already have attacked my character with lies and say they knew all along I would not run. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't with these morons. At the end of the day, a person has to look in their heart, and say am I doing the right thing?
Our democracy, and the ability to get people to run for office, is sadly becoming like this UCC Ad - http://ga3.org/ucc2/...
* We are endowed to continue to maintain democracy in our own nation. But when demagogues, and individuals with hidden agendas use tools like the internet to attack others with whom they disagree, we have a problem.
* When the value of a Senate or House candidate is not the force of their ideas but the power of the purse and their ability to raise money, we have a problem.
* When our system of government deviates from checks and balances to which lobbying group and which issue is the flavor of the month, we have a problem.
* When we refuse to acknowledge the first three problems and not hear the words of those who warn us of impending danger, we have a problem.
I will stay active. I will be a part of the process. One day, we shall overcome.
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