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Ailes '12?

Of all the various names being floated as potential GOP presidential candidates in 2012. I don't think there's been any trial balloon quite as daffy as this one. Roger Ailes? Seriously? Yes, the man can run a very successful cable news channel (whose most successful show, it's worth remembering, is watched by about 1 percent of Americans). And, yes, he's been a very good political operative. But a candidate? Ailes on the stump would make Cheney look JFK. See for yourself.

 

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COMMENTS (1)

10/23/2009 - 12:34pm EDT | blackton

Come on, the people who are floating it are people who get work for Fox news, like Frank Luntz. These are just a bunch of yutzes who want to kiss up to the boss so they can be part time talking heads. I would have thought Ailes would have been too smart to be taken in by such sucking up, but maybe the gig has gotten to his fat head. There is no chance in hell he will run, he is bald, fat, and will be older than McCain was.

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