What self-styled-fire-breathing-border-closing-multimillionaire-CNN-anchor-populist emerged as a possible - emphasize "possible" - candidate for the '08 race after an online Wall Street Journal column by John Fund reported recently that "friends of Mr. Dobbs say he is seriously contemplating a race for the first time, although it’s still unlikely...?"
Lou, that's who. Such is the power of the on-line press. The spec couldn't come at a better time because he's just launched a new book tour - amazing how this stuff happens - for "Independents Day:Awakening the American Spirit." He's even written that maybe just maybe a fabulous dark horse could arrive at any minute though coyly says he's not that horse. Anyway, this morning, he denied his interest yet again to Diane Sawyer, which seems like an awfully lot of denials (and a little known rule of politics says that if you deny something three times, then it must be true; I do believe this is the third official denial): "What friends," he scoffed to Diane, would possibly tell Fund that he's interested!? Then this: "That's not where my interest lies right now...I doubt very seriously something like that [a Dobbs candidacy] could possibly emerge."
Note the words "now" and "doubt very seriously." Those prove that Lou is a master of Clintonian speak, with "now" meaning "right at this minute while I'm talking to you, Diane" and "doubt very seriously" means a door is open a crack that would allow someone to walk in and convince him. Who might that be? There is an on-line campaign to get him to run, and if Michael Bloomberg enters as a third party guy, then - goes the spec - Lou's right behind as a Fourth Party guy.
Maybe Lou should call Roger Ailes for some guidance.