Lou Dobbs Mulls Run for President, Senate
Posted on Friday, November 20 @ 10:11:15 EST
Topic: Lou Dobbs CNN Anchor
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 PHOENIX – A week after abruptly quitting his
longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs
said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible
runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
"Right now I feel exhilaration at the wide range of choices before me
as to what I do next," Dobbs, whose outspoken views on immigration and
other topics often angered liberals, told Reuters in a telephone
interview from New York on Thursday.
Topics: Lou Dobbs, candidate, running, office, election, illegal immigration, Television, Media,
November 19, 2009
Editing by Steve Gorman and Todd Eastham
Source: Reuters.
Dobbs, 64, a veteran CNN anchor who had become
one of the most divisive figures in U.S. broadcast journalism,
announced last Wednesday he was leaving CNN after spending the better
part of 30 years at the 24-hour cable news network.
He still hosts a daily radio show.
A Texas native, Dobbs has drawn fire from Latino leaders and civil
rights groups for frequent on-air remarks about U.S. border control and
immigration that critics saw as demonizing illegal immigrants.
He was also seen as lending credence to the "birther" conspiracy
theory, whose adherents believe President Barack Obama's Hawaiian birth
certificate was faked to hide a Kenyan birthplace that would make the
first black U.S. president ineligible for his office.
Dobbs acknowledged his commentary also stirred friction with CNN executives.
Discussions with CNN/U.S. President Jonathan Klein made it clear Dobbs'
style of combining news and opinion was untenable at the network, Dobbs
said.
"They wanted to reverse direction on my show from what had been a news
debate and my opinion to a middle-of-the road, as Jon Klein styled it,
non-opinion show," he said.
"It was just not gratifying to me to sit there and read a news show -- and I much prefer to be more engaged."
Dobbs vowed to carry on expressing his views "fully and
straightforwardly in the public arena no matter what I decide to do
next."
Since his departure, some have speculated he might run as a candidate
for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey, where he has a home, or even run as
a third-party candidate in the 2012 U.S. presidential elections --
options he says remain on the table.
"I am ruling nothing out. ... I have come to no conclusions and no
decisions," he said. "Do I seek to have some influence on public
policy? Absolutely. Do I seek to represent and champion the middle
class in this country and those who aspire to it? Absolutely. And I
will."
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