Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) told reporters on Saturday that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) will run for president in 2016.
“I met with Rick Snyder yesterday. He’s running. He’s running,” Coleman said at a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Las Vegas, according to The Guardian.
Snyder has not been vocal about his potential to run in 2016, but he has generated some presidential buzz from Republican donors.
During a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting, Snyder did not mention whether he would run in 2016, Ari Fleischer, a RJC board member, told The Guardian.
“[He] didn’t say to the board that he was running. He made a real strong presentation about his results and successes in Michigan,” Fleischer said. “You have to wonder why people to come to our meetings and it’s probably because he’s thinking of running.”
And despite Coleman’s statement, a spokesperson for Snyder said that the governor has not made a decision yet on 2016.
Spox to MI Gov. Rick Snyder says he has not made any 2016 decisions "at this time" pic.twitter.com/JyuufuQ7Pb
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) April 25, 2015
And at this rate, the GOP is going to have enough presidential candidates to field a baseball team.
I’d have commented sooner—but I had to wait until I stopped laughing so hard.
In the first place, Norm Coleman doesn’t know whether to wind his ass or scratch his watch.
In the second place, if Rick Snyder actually believes he has a chance of being elected president, he’s dumber than Norm, and that violates the laws of physics and biology.
“You have to wonder why people to come to our meetings.”
For once, Ari Fleicher tells the truth.
But seriously, Synder is the worst sort of conservative, one who appears superficially sane but is just as much of an asshole as, say, Sam Brownback.
Will he campaign on appointing emergency managers to take over the governorships of Kansas, Arizona, Wisconsin and other fiscally failing or close-to-failing red states?
Only if, in doing so, he benefits his buddies in Big Business.