TPM: Conservatives Hope Larry Kudlow Will Take On Schumer In NY

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If you listen carefully, you can hear it: the a low rumble of excitement at Republican gatherings and executive suites across New York. A growing number of conservatives say that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) is vulnerable this year, and they know the man that can beat him -- CNBC host and supply-side economics uebermensch Larry Kudlow.

Kudlow has expressed some interest in mounting a bid. One of the men who's urging him to run, self-proclaimed "Wall St. guy" and Kudlow friend John Lakian, told me today that Kudlow is at "the 70 or 80 or 90% tipping point" toward throwing his hat in the ring. According to Lakian, one of the men behind the Draft Kudlow movement on Facebook and the web, the time is right for a man with Kudlow's extensive Wall St. connections to make a run for office.

"There's no question we'd be an underdog," Lakian said when I asked him how tough it would be for Kudlow or any other Republican to challenge Schumer's considerable war chest. But Lakian said that the new campaign finance rules set down in the Citizens United case would help close the money gap for Kudlow quite quickly.

"People who are worried about their taxes, particularly medium- and large-size businesses, would be more interested in helping Larry Kudlow than Chuck Schumer," he said.

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Caputo said much of the support he's seeing for a Kudlow bid comes from outside the New York borders. He said that tea partiers have been signing up en masse, and mainstream national conservative leaders have jumped on board as well. Earlier this week, National Review editor Rich Lowry urged people to join the effort on his twitter feed.

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The last time conservatives got excited about a Kudlow Senate bid, he disappointed them in the end. Back in March of last year, Kudlow chose his job at CNBC over a run against Sen. Chris Dodd (D) in Connecticut...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/conservatives-hoping-larry-kudlow-will-take-on-schumer-in-ny.php

[Turbineguy]

1. He's an idiot!

He only knows three things. Cut taxes. Free Markets. Deregulate.

They should try and get Sarah Palin instead. Compared to Kudlow, she's a genius.

[BeyondGeography]

2. He'd be cannon fodder

[mdmc]

3. Why doesn't he run against Gillibrand?

He could beat her imho..

[unabelladonna]

4. kudlow has been erratic

in his persoanl life.i think he found religion a number of years ago and has turned somewhat conservative on social issues. plus he's in bed with wall street and the banks. thank goodness he has no chance to win NY.