Idusogie joins Senate race

Posted at 1:16 PM on June 7, 2006 by Bob Collins (4 Comments)

Peter Idusogie, if he's known at all, is best known for a weekly podcast of politics. Now he's jumping in the race for Senate as an independent (small "i") with his official announcement today.

His news release announcing his politics and candidacy was interesting -- at least to me -- for this line, "Peter who is reborn has disdain for partisan politics and bickering and cherishes his relationship with both democrats and republicans alike." Aside from the obvious punctuation problems, it reminded me of walking the floor of the Republican convention in New York a few years ago, talking to various delegates.

It was, shall I say, "uncomfortable," when after interviewing them, a lot -- and by that I mean almost half -- would look at me and say, "are you reborn?"

Up until recently, it's not a question that came up in political discussions.

Those days are over.

Here's the audio of his announcement.

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Comments (4)

Talk about delayed reaction for the release. This happened back in Feb.

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Posted by blankout7 | June 7, 2006 1:49 PM

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Yeah, I know, but his official announcement came on the steps of the Capitol today.

Seriously. I'm really not that stupid. OK, maybe a little bit.

Posted by Bob Collins | June 7, 2006 2:00 PM

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Oh, I wasn't implying you just found out about it.

I meant to say "Talk about delayed reaction for the press release/official announcement". Apologies.

Posted by blankout7 | June 7, 2006 2:26 PM

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Is this like the Jellicle Cats? Did they sing "Memories"?

Posted by rew | June 7, 2006 5:38 PM

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