What to Read (If You Must) About Mort Zuckerman's Potential Senate Run
Following a lengthy profile by Politico’s Ben Smith, the Internet is awash with talk of a potential Senate bid by New York Daily News and U.S. News and World Report publisher Mort Zuckerman.
Smith’s profile accomplishes a lot. It suggests that Harold Ford’s recent decision not to run reflects Zuckerman’s strength as a candidate. It reveals that Democratic donors had conveyed to Ford that they would support Zuckerman if he entered the race. It suggests reasons why Zuckerman may not run — he values his private life and his friend Mike Bloomberg has told him that it would be very frustrating for such a successful man to be at the bottom of the Senate pecking order.
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