Sideshow Bob for Senate!

By: Lowell
Published On: 1/6/2008 6:31:17 PM

This should be hilarious:

WTOP Radio has learned Del. Bob Marshall (R-13) will announce his candidacy to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by John Warner.

Marshall plans to make his official announcement Monday afternoon in Richmond inside the Assembly Building. However, he told WTOP Radio Sunday afternoon that he does plan to run for the Republican nomination.

Marshall will be running against former Governor Jim Gilmore, who had previously been running unopposed for the Republican Party nomination.

Sideshow Bob vs. the guy who ran Virginia into the ditch?  This should be entertaining, if nothing else.

P.S.  For those of you who've forgotten, Sideshow Bob Marshall actually said that women who use contraception are "chemical love canals for frat house playboys."  


Comments



Is he going to resign his seat? (Rob - 1/6/2008 7:48:05 PM)


We should only be so lucky. (Lowell - 1/6/2008 7:56:32 PM)
n/t


fingers crossed (Rob - 1/6/2008 8:06:51 PM)


I vote for LOTS of televised debates! (Kindler - 1/6/2008 8:10:55 PM)


2008 is going to be a fun. (Barbara - 1/6/2008 9:45:28 PM)
I hope he wins the nomination.  Imagine how entertaining a Marshall/Warner debate would be.  I'm laughing just thinking about it.  I heard a little of him on WTOP this afternoon and was left thinking what I always think when I hear him:  exactly what planet does he live on?


oh, please please (Sui Juris - 1/6/2008 10:09:39 PM)
let this happen.

Quick, someone start a raisingidiotermarshall.com site.  Please please.



If Huckabee can do it (Teddy - 1/7/2008 12:35:29 AM)
Marshall probably thinks he deserves it, too, running for national office, I mean.  Only, Marshall seems to have no sense of (intentional) humor. What an embarrassment for Virginia.


I'm halfway seriously considering voting for him in the GOP primary. (Tom Counts - 1/7/2008 8:34:57 AM)


No dice...Republicans going with a convention (TurnPWBlue - 1/7/2008 10:14:21 AM)
When it looked like it would be Tom Davis facing Gilmore, the VA GOP chose a convention rather than primary which would usually favor the more conservative candidate (Gilmore).  With Marshall entering the fray, should make for an interesting convention if he can motivate some of the party whackjo...I mean...faithful to rally for him.

As for resigning his seat, since he doesn't get anything of substance passed now, it's not like running for Senate would make him any less effective as a legislator.



Thanks for the reminder TurnPWBlue. I laughed so hard I forgot. (Tom Counts - 1/7/2008 2:25:50 PM)


Does Marshall have a shot at the convention? (Jack Landers - 1/7/2008 12:14:12 PM)
My first impression is that Marshall will get whipped by Gilmore at the convention. However, I wonder if he might actually have a shot. As a sitting legislator with significant seniority in the House majority party, Marshall has some influence to sell. Gilmore has been on the sidelines for so long that he doesn't have much in the way of even residual power or influence.

This will surely be fun to watch.



But he's not a Party guy... (TurnPWBlue - 1/7/2008 11:19:38 PM)
Lately, Marshall has been raising the GOP hackles.  He's fought some Republican initiatives and raised a stink about who should hold party leadership.  So, while he is a sitting legislator and has some seniority, he's not necessarily a favorite of the party.

But a convention makes things interesting.  If he can rally his supporters and those who share his socially conservative views, he may be able to use his strong small government (as long as its still in your bedroom) and anti-tax stands to draw in other conservatives not completely at ease with Gilmore.  He shouldn't be underestimated.

The unfortunate side effect if he does get the nod is not that he will win (I really don't see that happening once his past statements and inanities see the light of day), but that he will build a huge campaign war chest making him basically a permanent fixture in the 13th HOD or a very viable candidate for Colgan's Senate seat in four years.