South Dakota's Larry Pressler
Running for Senate Again, as Independent
Sunday, 29 Dec 2013 01:36 PM
By Greg Richter
Longtime Republican Sen. Larry Pressler is throwing his hat into
the ring for his old job – this time as an independent.
Pressler, 71, served three terms
in the U.S. Senate from South Dakota
from 1979 to 1997, when he was defeated by Democrat Tim Johnson, who is not
seeking re-election in 2014.
Republicans aiming to take control
of the Senate in the midterms have a large field of candidates vying for
Johnson's seat, while Democrats so far have only Rick Weiland seeking the post.
Pressler's candidacy throws uncertainly in a race that had been seen as one of
the GOP's best hopes, The Washington Post notes.
Pressler said he wants to offer an
alternative to people fed up with both parties, The Argus-Leader of Sioux Falls reports.
"I want to ... end the
poisonous bipartisan deadlock in Washington,"
Pressler said.
The moderate Pressler endorsed
Barack Obama for president in 2008 and in 2012, but said he doesn't feel that
will hurt him in November.
South Dakota voted against Obama in large numbers.
He says he is a "deficit
hawk," who wants to cut military spending as part of a plan to balance the
federal budget.
Others weren't as convinced of
Pressler's chances as the he is.
"It’s hard for me to believe
that people are going to take Larry Pressler seriously as a contender for the
United States Senate," Stu Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political
Report, told The Argus Leader. "There will be some people who like the
idea that he’s not a Republican or Democrat, and are so outraged with Washington that they say
we need an independent. But it’s not as easy as that."
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler was
a U.S. Senate senator, and is a
member of the Cosmos Club.
Note: Julia Chang Bloch
is a member of the Cosmos Club, and
a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States
(think tank).
Robert E. Hunter
is a member of the Cosmos Club, and
a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States
(think tank).
William
A. Nitze is a member of the Cosmos
Club, and was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Thomas R.
Pickering is a member of the Cosmos
Club, and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Peter J. Tanous
is a member of the Cosmos Club, and
a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States
(think tank).
Robert S. McNamara
was a member of the Cosmos Club, and
an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank), the Human Rights Watch, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), Common Cause, the Children's
Defense Fund, the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the Urban
Institute (think tank), and the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Michael E.
Gellert is a director at the Human
Rights Watch, and a member of the Cosmos
Club.
J.
Stapleton Roy is a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
James
A. Leach was a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the chairman for Common Cause, and is a member of the Cosmos Club.
Patricia S.
Schroeder is a governing board member for Common Cause, and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Maya
Angelou was a director at the Children's
Defense Fund, and is a member of the Cosmos
Club.
Charles M.
Firestone is an executive director, Communications and Society Program for the
Aspen Institute (think tank), and a
member of the Cosmos Club.
Elliot F. Gerson
is the EVP for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a member of the Cosmos
Club.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Cosmos Club.
William
A. Nitze is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Thomas R.
Pickering was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Cosmos Club.
Robert S. McNamara
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Marvin
Kalb is a guest scholar at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Donald
F. McHenry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Thomas R.
Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
William
Gorham is a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos was a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Cosmos Club.
Robert S. McNamara
was a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank), and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Roger W. Wilkins
is a director emeritus at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a member of the Cosmos Club.
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