“As much as I’d like to run, I’ve decided it’s just not the time to step in,” Agre said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “It’s late. I just don’t think I can make the race.”
I’ve known about this for a little bit now, and it’s a real let down. I got an opportunity to speak to Dr. Agre on in June, and I think this is a real blow to this race. I cannot say I have met a candidate who had the same potential for greatness as Dr. Agre did. He would have made the DFL race a very intriguing one, and the opportunity to send a Nobel Laureate to the Senate would have been one that I would have relished.
Listening to Dr. Agre talk about running the Senate, the service it would have required of him, and his goals and ambitions makes this a real bitter pill. I can only hope that he continues his work not just in science and medicine but in diplomacy, international relations and domestic policy.
Maybe there is another race he is interested in: cough, *Ramstad* cough.
I think Agre realized that he probably wouldn’t be able to compete with the sheer name recognition that Franken has. A run against Ramstad would be cool though.
Where did he call this in from? Is he still in North Carolina?
Who?
Once again politics belongs to the lowest common denominator. The DFL could end up running a bad comedian that spent the 70s destroying his brain with coke instead of a Nobel laureate who spent the 70s using his brain for the advancement of science. Way to go, very telling. This isn’t one you can blame Bush or Republicans for, it is all DFL.
Isn’t party politics great! The best candidates rarely run because they know that unless they have proven themselves a loyal party member they have no chance. In the end what that system will produce is loyalty and nothing else.