Sorry for the short diary, but.... who else is ready to dismiss this guy as a media wh__ who somehow revels in the attention he gets from the national media every time he has a book coming out?
It took Jesse all these months to go back to his "I'm scared of the media, I'm taking my ball and I'm going home now" mantra....
I was hoping he would run, mainly because I think Franken is a very weak candidate and it would be unforgivable to let Norm Coleman get re-elected; this is a Democratic year and this is Minnesota... a (somewhat) reliable blue state....
Here's the excerpt from CNN
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has decided not to run for U.S. Senate in that state, he told CNN's "Larry King Live" Monday night.
Jesse Ventura says he decided not to run in part because he didn't want to submit his family to media scrutiny.
Jesse Ventura says he decided not to run in part because he didn't want to submit his family to media scrutiny.
Ventura, a former professional wrestler, had said last week he was weighing whether to run. The deadline to file for the race is Tuesday.
Ventura said he was "close" to running against incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, but he decided against it because he didn't want to submit his relatives to the kind of media scrutiny they endured when he was governor.
As an independent, Ventura won a single term as Minnesota governor in 1998. He beat Coleman and Hubert Humphrey III, a scion of a Minnesota Democratic dynasty.