• Chris Dodd,  Larry Kudlow

    CNBC’s Larry Kudlow to Run Against Democrat Senator Chris Dodd?

    March 2, 2009 /
    CNBC Anchor Larry Kudlow gushing about his meeting with then President-elect Obama

    Looks like Larry Kudlow is conisdering the race against Democrat Senator Chris Dodd.

    The political blogosphere has been abuzz with rumors that CNBC anchor and syndicated columnist Larry Kudlow is considering running for the Senate against Chris Dodd (D-Conn.)

    Kudlow confirmed his interest in an interview with POLITICO this afternoon and said he was talking to strategists to assess the feasibility of a statewide run. He said NRSC chairman John Cornyn met with him over dinner last week to discuss the idea, and the two have since had a follow-up phone conversation.

    “He came up to me, and put it right on the table. He seems to think it would be a good race, and a national race,” Kudlow said.

    Kudlow, though, said he enjoys his job as a CNBC anchor and commentator – and it would be tough to leave it for the world of politics.

    “I’m thinking about it, that’s all I can say… it’s the kind of thing where I’m talking to friends, talking to strategists, talking to my wife, and praying on it,” Kudlow said. “It’s all come on very fast, and I don’t have any definite thoughts at all other than the fact that I am thinking about it.”

    The long time, incumbent Dodd who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee has ethics problems associated with favorable home mortgage rate loans (Countrywide Financial) which some consider special interest favors.

    Indeed, Chris Dodd is vulnerable and Kudlow would make an erudite opponent.

    Stay tuned…..

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  • Barack Obama,  Larry Kudlow

    Larry Kudlow Gets an Obama Thrill Down His Leg

    January 14, 2009 /

    OLD. Damn Larry it is easy to impress you and why Americans no longer trust the opinion makers based in New York and Washington.

    Yeah, Flap would have gone too but to be so obsequious afterwards?

    Wouldn’t happen no matter how many exclusives Axelrod would promise.

    The Transcript:

    CNBC’s Larry Kudlow: THIS WAS AN OFF-THE-RECORD DINNER AND I’M GOING TO KEEP IT OFF THE RECORD IN TERMS OF DEEP CONTENT, BUT PEGGY NOONAN WAS THERE, PAUL GIGOT OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, BILL KRISTOL, MYSELF, CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, SOME OTHERS. NINE OR TEN OF US. I DON’T THINK HE’S TRYING TO WIN US OVER, BUT HE’S TRYING TO CONNECT WITH US AND ENGAGE WITH US TO HIT GREAT CREDIT.THIS WAS A VERY CORDIAL DINNER.

    Francis: HE IS CHARMING, RIGHT?

    Kudlow: HE IS CHARMING, HE IS TERRIBLY SMART, BRIGHT, WELL-INFORMED, HE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. AT THE BEGINNING WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE LIVING ROOM, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALL WAITING —

    Francis: WHERE WERE YOU?

    Kudlow: THIS IS AT GEORGE WILL’S HOUSE….HE COMES IN AND HE CAME UP TO ME, I HAD NEVER MET HIM BEFORE. I THINK HE MAY HAVE WATCHED ‘KUDLOW AND COMPANY’ PERIODICALLY. SOMEBODY GAVE HIM A COLUMN I HAD WRITTEN DEFENDING HIS BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CUTS. HE LIKED THAT A LOT. I SAID, ‘YOU KNOW, SIR, SINCE BARNEY FRANK AND NANCY PELOSI, JOHN KERRY, ATTACKED HIM I KNEW I MUST BE ON TO SOMETHING GOOD.’ HE LAUGHED A LOT. I SAID ‘YOU TOOK MY BEST PEOPLE FROM THE PROGRAM. YOU TOOK AUSTAN GOOLSBEE.’ HE LAUGHED AND SAID THEY’RE GOOD MEN. I SAID, BUT MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME CAN YOU, WHY DID YOU LEAVE US ROBERT REICH, WHO I ADORE, AND HE LAUGHED AND SAID I WANT SOMEBODY FIGHTING FOR ME, LARRY,

    INTERESTING THING. THIS IS JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, HE IS SO WELL-INFORMED, AND HE LOVES TO DEAL WITH BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE, AND I’M NOT GOING TO DIVULGE WHAT WAS SAID THERE AND I’M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ANY OF THE SPECIFICS, BUT HE ENJOYS THE BACK AND FORTH, AND HE IS NOT, YOU KNOW, TOUGH, MEAN, INSULTING, SNARLING, NONE OF THAT STUFF, AND WE WEREN’T EITHER.

    THIS WAS A GOOD CONSERVATIVE GROUP AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT BACK AND FORTH, AND HE WANTS TO KEEP THE DIALOGUE GOING WITH CONSERVATIVES. I WOULD SAY I AM HONORED TO BE AT THAT DINNER. I WAS HONORED TO MEET HIM. HE IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE MAN, AND I WISH  HIM ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE’VE GOT SOME ISSUES TO DEAL WITH.

    Francis: WHAT DID YOU EAT?

    Kudlow: I CAN’T REMEMBER. I WAS SO FOCUSED ON HIM. I WAS SITTING ACROSS FROM HIM —

    Francis: YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T EAT. MAYBE YOU DIDN’T TOUCH ANYTHING.

    Kudlow: THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT. I PROBABLY DIDN’T EAT A WHOLE LOT. IT WAS ALL VERY INTERESTING, AND HE’S A GOOD MAN, AND WE WILL SEE

    Makes Flap want to GAG……

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