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No more Draft Dean Barkley

Posted at 3:54 PM on June 18, 2008 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)

Former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley says he's not running for the U.S. Senate despite efforts to convince him to run. Barkley said he's been offered a job that he can't turn down.

Barkley adds that former Governor Jesse Ventura is still mulling a possible run saying Ventura is "torn" about a possible run:

"If I had to bet, I would bet that he would enter the race,"

Listen to Cathy Wurzer's interview with Barkley here.

UPDATE:

Ventura tells Minnesota Independent that he is confident that he can win:

"I find it interesting that when I ran for governor I was polling at 27 percent the weekend before the election," he said in an e-mail statement Tuesday evening. "I am only four points away from that in June, and I'm not even a candidate in the race nor have I participated in one debate yet. Imagine where I could be after debating."


Comments (2)

Between McCain Coleman Obama and Franken I've been waiting for a fiscal conservitive, who focuses first on cutting spending.

Posted by Mike | June 18, 2008 6:13 PM


"Barkley said he's been offered a job that he can't turn down."

anyone want to bet it's campaign manager for ventura?!

Posted by joe | June 20, 2008 9:16 PM

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