Breaking: Musgrove WON'T run for Senate

[MarkWarner08]

MS sources (the same ones that predicted the Wicker appointment weeks ago) are now saying Musgrove will not run against his long-time friend Roger Wicker.

[MarkWarner08]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

Thanks you for pointing that out.

Bob Kerrey not running has nothing to do with Schumer -- Kerrey's a fickle turkey of a man.

Peter DeFazio would not have beaten Gordon Smith. As a life-long Oregonian and avid follower our state's politics, I can assure that there are many skeletons in his closet.

The MS recruitment failures are disappointing but not entirely unexpected. Moore is akin to a Victoria's Secret model who shows up at some loser bar and feigns interest in one of the local drunkards. Of course, nothing ever happens after that. Musgrove wouldn't have won anyways, so that's not a big loss.

[MarkWarner08]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

Thanks you for pointing that out.

Bob Kerrey not running has nothing to do with Schumer -- Kerrey's a fickle turkey of a man.

Peter DeFazio would not have beaten Gordon Smith. As a life-long Oregonian and avid follower our state's politics, I can assure that there are many skeletons in his closet.

The MS recruitment failures are disappointing but not entirely unexpected. Moore is akin to a Victoria's Secret model who shows up at some loser bar and feigns interest in one of the local drunkards. Of course, nothing ever happens after that. Musgrove wouldn't have won anyways, so that's not a big loss.

I should mention that DeFazio running would have required Democrats to fight to hold his evenly divided House seat. 

Interestingly, DeFazio's seat was one of just two in the nation to switch from Bush in 2000 to Kerry in 2004. The Democratic bench there is also quite strong.