"I am not making this up. Win on a game show and you can apparently run for the U.S. Senate. That was when I realized the Democratic Party was f'ed in '04."
-- Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, quoted by New York magazine, on being recruited by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to challenge Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) for U.S. Senate.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/03/04/quote_of_the_day.html#disqus_threadI seriously love this line.
And yes, in case you're wondering after the Rush Holt story the other day, I am in fact a hardcore Jeopardy! fan.
PS: Moved this to the Congressional Elections board.
