…I know, you type a lot!

but that is probably not going to happen. Beating a lackluster nobody with an attractive candidate is one thing, Beating a lifelong machine politician with a pocket of chits he can redeem is another.

I may be completely wrong and point it out if I am, but I remember when his contract was up at MSNBC he was talking about running for senator and then when he got re-upped he stopped talking about it and I believe, if memory serves, even said on his show that he wasnt planning a run. Now this was months ago, so things can change.

Brass Tax: I dont think he is going to run. I think he has a comfy gig where he is at, and probably serves the cause better as a sort of king maker, rather than king. I would LOVE for him to run, because he is Larry freakin Kudlow, and he is awesome.

I can’t imagine anyone in NY that actually likes Schumer, even ones that agree with him on the issues. The right Republican can definitely knock him off, but it would take like a Pataki or a Giuliani. I like Larry Kudlow, but unless he has really deep pockets, I don’t see it happening.

I personally wouldn’t want Republicans to throw the $30 million (minimum) it would take to unseat Schumer in a long-shot bid. I would rather focus all of that money on defeating Gillibrand (assuming we get a real contender to run against her.)

If Republicans threw $60 million at New York to chase both Senate seats, and we lose both races, that’s an incredible waste of resources we could have used in much more winnable Senate races in states like Indiana, Arkansas, Nevada, etc., not to mention countless House and Governor races across the country.

The reason victories like Brown’s in Massachusetts are so historic is because it’s a rare upset that only happens once in a blue moon, I wouldn’t want to engage in a “50 state strategy” like Howard Dean pushed just because of Brown’s victory in Massachusetts.

Schumer is more vulnerable than he looks. We need to go for the trifecta here. This is our best chance to be rid of the idiot.

Physically, not politically. Anyone with the misfortune of being between Chuckie and a camera crew had better run.

We probably can’t take away both Schumer’s Senate seats in one cycle!

If we can get Pataki into the race, he’ll crush her. Sure, he’s a RINO of the worst order, but he’s one more vote to 51.

This would be his worst nightmare as he is already jockeying to fill the position of majority leader. That fact that Reid is way down probably gets him so excited that he can’t sleep at night. Knowing Schumer, he is already lining up his 08 and 06 newly elected senators whom he recruited as DSCC chairman to get the majority of the (remaining) caucus over Durbin when they reelect a new senatorial party leader in January. How great would it be if he was beaten or at a minimum, won a close election while his majority status was taken away from him in his moment of glory?

Kudlow stepping in the race would almost make up for Pence deciding not to run against Bayh, who by the way is running to the right and trying to save his _____ from the tsunami that is coming. Look at him trying to get airtime with McCain yesterday discussing the spending freeze. Pathetic!!!

Keep this up and I may get Happy Feet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwj8t-wcvtw

Upstate New York is ecstatic….. 7 points and going up let’s hope.

New York is rapidly entering the leagues of fiscal irresponsibility with California…….. thanks to leadership like Schumers. Maybe he will run for Governor……. even Obama doesn’t want Patterson.

Those numbers also correlate with the amount of plugs left on his head.

The movement has been quite predictable. First the incumbent Democrat begins to lose points. They remain ahead of the challenger. The attention becomes focused. The people become more excited and enthused by the opponent. The Democrat begins viciously attacking, using every nasty trick they can think of. The people get more enthused and react against the smear. The Democrat loses. Schumer is very vulnerable because the old metrics, the union support, and the money advantage are not very useful against resurgent independents and disaffected Democrats.

This is not a ‘new’ way politics work, but simply a template of reactions to the Socialism, over spending, lying, arrogance, and shear ignorance by the Democrats. I think Schumer is even more vulnerable due to his position in the ‘machine.’

… to be among the sleaziest, scummiest, bottom-feedingest snakes in Washington DC. Just looking at the guy gives me the willies. Hearing his slimy voice that so perfectly matches his lizardlike face brings up images of what Satan must have looked and sounded like, tempting Jesus in the wilderness.

He’s got the national name recognition, and could draw financial support from outside New York. His entry against Gillibrand would make this a national race.