Popular television pundit and economist Larry Kudlow was so infuriated by the Iran deal that he is now “leaning towards” a run for the U.S. Senate.
In an interview with WFSB-TV’s Face the State on Friday, Kudlow said that he is looking carefully at running against Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
“I’m leaning towards it. I’m not ready to make an announcement. As you know there’s a lot of moving parts to these things,” Kudlow said.
He pledged on his radio show earlier this year that he would run if Blumenthal voted in favor of the Iran deal.
“I’m very disappointed in that vote,” he continued. “I think it was a terrible vote. I think he put party over country.”
Kudlow said that would be a good candidate as an outsider, something all politicians including Hillary Clinton are claiming. He also said that he could have a massive fundraising base that could help him campaign in Connecticut’s expensive media market.
“I’m talking to people about that and trying to figure out,” he said. “I think there’s money out there.”
He said as a former Democrat, he would reach out to not only traditional Republican voters but black and gay voters as well, which is necessary if a GOP candidate is going to win in the deep blue state.
“I believe my free enterprise model will work better for them than the government welfare model they’ve been living with under the Democratic Party,” Kudlow continued. “I’m going to make that case.”
(h/t The Hill)
