News Item: Jesse Ventura may enter Senate race against Franken, Coleman
Who would've guessed, in 1990, that the guy who plays Stuart Smalley would one day run for high office against the heel announcer from "WWF Wrestling Challenge"? Only in Minnesota, I guess.
The funniest part- Ventura is scheduled to play golf this week along with fellow Independence Party pol Dean Barkley, and they have agreed that whoever loses won't run. Yes, that's right. Barkley, by the way, was briefly appointed to the U.S. Senate by Ventura, for the two months between the death of Paul Wellstone and the end of his term; Barkley is a now a bus driver.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 10, 2008 04:21 PM