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Friday, March 06, 2009
Larry Kudlow :: Townhall.com Columnist
An Open Letter to Larry Kudlow
by Larry Kudlow
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This brings me to the alarming rumors of your potential Senate race. I write to urge you to reject any attempts to entice you to run for the Senate in Connecticut.

First, let's assume that you run and defeat Senator Dodd. Under that scenario, it is fair to say that as a junior senator from Connecticut - in the minority (the GOP cannot take back the Senate in 2010) - you would have no chance of attaining the level of influence you now enjoy on CNBC. Being well down the pecking order in a body of 100, you may be able to get a seat on the banking committee, and you would be able to accomplish some good in the Senate: perhaps an amendment here and there; some oversight questions on TV. Not much to compare with being able to teach the nation about core conservative economic principles every evening while assessing the events of the day and interviewing newsmakers.

Second, the chances are not great that you will defeat Senator Dodd. Yes, he has some vulnerabilities on housing and mortgage policies. That said, he is in his fifth term, and his father was a two-term U.S. Senator from Connecticut. The state is very liberal. Connecticut is unlikely to elect someone who would now have difficulty winning a seat in New Hampshire. In sum, you will most likely lose the race, but the costs would be greater than those associated with a failed campaign - lost time, treasure, and effort.

The greatest cost would come from your absence from CNBC. This would be a heavy price to pay because the nation needs daily access to someone guided by sound doctrine analyzing economic and financial developments. This is the job for which your lifetime of work and training has prepared you - not sitting in the Senate. It is no small responsibility to provide accurate economic news to the people of the United States in the worst recession since the 1930s. Unless you stay focused on the task at hand there is little chance that the American people will receive via cable or television the high-quality analysis of Obama Administration policies that they deserve for 2010 and 2012.

Best wishes,

Chris Gacek
Family Research Council

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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 9, 2009 - 5:49 PM EST
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Just get rid of Dodd. We can certainly do without a few morons in politics...he should take Pilosi, franks, reid and schumer...anyone else?
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Date: Mar 8, 2009 - 10:39 AM EST
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What a pompous piece of self-serving letter being passed around to boast one's sense of stupendous selfdom -- Kudlow's that is. Kudlow is a supply-side zealot who couldn't predict the market crash or any other economical augury in that matter, let alone be considered as someone with a stable state of mind. This guy was pounding on his shinny desk up to mid/late Summer [2008], vehemently contending to our fabulous "production" numbers, swearing on his mother's grave that recession was just simply a product of fear mongering and a political instrument during the election year.

Who knows how many times he literally shut down guests who disagreed with his failed Muppet philosophical ideology of brouhaha [read: base on magic and not facts] while nit picking "certain" economical and market data (like any other ultra-fiend talking head of some economical school) to indulge his psychologically self-satisfying ode. Anyone with an ensemble of knowledge of market knows that his rant is, if not always but for the most part, farcical and a macabre joke. But of course, Kudlow and his Wall-Street-gossip-mongers on CNBC suit the station just fine. I suppose he hasn't managed to do away with his drug-riddled days of infamy.
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