 Only a few days before the March 5th date Tom Salmon set to announce his plan to run against Senator Bernie Sanders some Vermont Republicans are fishing for other candidates.The Times Argus' David Delecore reports
According to Barre Mayor Tom Lauzon, officials in the Vermont Republican Party have suggested he consider running for governor or the U.S. Senate next year, and he hasn’t closed the door on either possibility.
“The answer is: ‘Yes, I am considering it,’” he said Monday when asked about the possibility he might run as a Republican alternative to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Mayor Lauzon says he is considering the governor’s race too but makes it clear the senate is his choice.
“The Senate race attracts me because people say it can’t be won and I think it can,” he said
After mentioning the obligatory period of soul searching the Mayor sets a date of June 1st for his decision.
A little more subtle and from the sidelines but very much in the mix, our man Salmon might want to note the significance of new VPR commentator former Gov. Jim Douglas’ choice of the national deficit for his debut topic. He addresses the national budget, his association with the Domenici-Rivlin Commission from the Bipartisan Policy Center and speaks of the need for national leadership on this issue in the senate.Naturally he modestly reminds us of his leadership here in Vermont on this very issue.
The always sentimental Douglas shares his immediate thoughts upon first seeing his granddaughter in her crib:
Welcome to the world, I said; your share of the Federal debt is $50,000.
Sweet, but not what might immediately come to most people's minds. |
