Jim Inhofe is worried. And he may very well be justified. Accoridng to the Tulsa World, Chuck Schumer and the DSCC are gunning for him and looking hard for a candidate.
Inhofe says the same people who took out Pombo are now gunning for him.
He based that prediction at least partly on recent fundraising letters the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out using Inhofe as one of the major reasons donors should pony up for the cause.
“One seat. That’s all it would take to flip Senate control back to the GOP in 2008,” one letter states.
“And once again, the Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe — who has called global warming the ‘greatest hoax ever
perpetrated on the American people’ — would assume the chairmanship of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.”
Unfortunately, our two strongest candidates have said no, for now.
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has said no to national Democrats hoping to recruit him for the race.
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren is also taking a pass on the 2008 Senate race….
Although much of what Inhofe said was likley due to paranoia, it does appear that the DSCC is looking at this race. We need to help them out and urge either Henty, Boren or another strong candidate to take up this race!
an Attorney General or some other statewide official that could run against Inhofe?
Since Henry is a definite no (seems to be in line to run against Coburn in 2010, right?) and most other big Dems are hoping to go for governor in 2010, are there any state legislators that could bring something to the table? Are there any rising stars in either the state senate or state house that might make the plunge? What about the mayor of Tulsa, would she make a race out of it?
progressive State Senator Andrew Rice is being pushed to run….he had considerable support for his state senate race from DFA, 21st Century Democrats and others both in and out of the state because of his unique political bio….he got into politics after his brother was killed on 9/11 in the WTC.
His website:
http://www.oksenate….