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brooklynite

(94,974 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2015, 09:37 AM Jul 2015

Jim Webb says he’ll share his decision on a presidential run in few days

Source: Washington Post

Former U.S. senator Jim Webb will decide in the next few days whether he is running for president, he said Tuesday at a presidential forum in Baltimore.

Webb, who represented Virginia for a single term in the Senate, told the National Sheriffs’ Association that he expected to be “very busy over the next week” and later clarified to reporters that he would announce his plans “within the next few days.”

His discussion with the organization showed both the appeal and the limitations of a Webb candidacy.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/jim-webb-to-make-decision-on-presidential-run-in-few-days/2015/06/30/6c1732a8-1f41-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html

Unless he has a massive ego I haven't seen before, he'll decide it's not worth fighting with O'Malley and Chafee for the crumbs left behind by Clinton and Sanders.

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Jim Webb says he’ll share his decision on a presidential run in few days (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2015 OP

We're all waiting with bated breath. Demit Jul 2015 #1

I look forward to hearting what he has to say. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2015 #2

Amazing what 10 years will do -- in 2006 he was MoveOn's star candidate (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #3

What the heck...the Democrats need at least half a dozen candidates! Sancho Jul 2015 #4

Maybe another couple in the center Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #5

I've never known how to read Webb. virtualobserver Jul 2015 #6

D.O.A.: He defended the CSA flag before everyone was hating on it. DRoseDARs Jul 2015 #7

Webb is an interesting character, and very bright. He'd be a good foil onstage for Hillary & Bernie Hekate Jul 2015 #8

Would you mind running as a Republican, Jim? I'm pretty sure they have room in the clown Hummer. n/t Bossy Monkey Jul 2015 #9

Demit

(11,238 posts)

1. We're all waiting with bated breath.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 10:18 AM

Jul 2015

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

2. I look forward to hearting what he has to say.

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Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:02 AM

Jul 2015

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

3. Amazing what 10 years will do -- in 2006 he was MoveOn's star candidate (nt)

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Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:20 AM

Jul 2015

Sancho

(9,072 posts)

4. What the heck...the Democrats need at least half a dozen candidates!

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Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:24 AM

Jul 2015

I hope the Democratic primary includes Webb.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)

5. Maybe another couple in the center

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Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:38 AM

Jul 2015

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)

6. I've never known how to read Webb.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:59 AM

Jul 2015

I find his intensity a little unnerving.

also re: the Confederate battle flag.

He said...

"This is an emotional time and we all need to think through these issues with a care that recognizes the need for change but also respects the complicated history of the Civil War,” “This is a time for us to come together, and to recognize once more that our complex multicultural society is founded on the principle of mutual respect.”

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

7. D.O.A.: He defended the CSA flag before everyone was hating on it.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 03:18 PM

Jul 2015

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/jim-webb-confederate-flag-south-carolina

With this recent kerfuffle, he decided it was politically expedient to waffle and hedge his words on the matter.

Hekate

(91,006 posts)

8. Webb is an interesting character, and very bright. He'd be a good foil onstage for Hillary & Bernie

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 03:46 PM

Jul 2015

It will be interesting to see what kind of traction he gets, and where, and overall what he has to say -- especially since he is so closely identified with the Scotch-Irish of the South.

Bossy Monkey

(15,863 posts)

9. Would you mind running as a Republican, Jim? I'm pretty sure they have room in the clown Hummer. n/t

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Wed Jul 1, 2015, 06:36 PM

Jul 2015

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