Peter Schiff considering Senate run in 2010!

Sweet, I didn't know he actually knew about it.

I'm not running for anything, but apparently there's an effort to convince me to run or to draft me. They are trying to put together an organization and raise funds -- and they're hoping, in the field of dreams "if you build it they will come" -- and if they can create an organization and fund it that they might be able to convince me to run for Senate.

I have no idea whether or not I would make myself a candidate for Senate, even if they did put together an organization to raise some money, I don't know. But it's not a hundred percent that I wouldn't do it.

I don't even know if they could even be successful, I have no idea how much they could raise, or how much is needed to try to have a legitimate campaign for Senate. But the problem for me in deciding whether or not I wanted to run for Senate would be "what could I accomplish if I won?" Although I think winning would be a lot tougher than running -- but you know running -- anybody can run. But I don't know what I would be able to do as a Senator. I know Ron Paul is in Congress and hasn't been able to accomplish much as far as legislation; he's accomplished a lot recently, I think, with his campaign and his message has resonated with a lot of people, and I think that's great, particularly a lot of younger people, and I was surprised because you generally think that the young people are more left-leaning; the old expression was if you're not a socialist by the time you're 22, you don't have a heart and if you're not a conservative by the time you're 28, you don't have a head. But a lot of young people are gravitating to Ron Paul. I know myself [that] a lot of people on college campuses know who I am, and a lot of them know who I am because of my affiliation with Ron Paul. I know its more powerful as a Senator -- instead of being one out of four-hundred-and something, you're one out of a hundred -- but still, even if I had a Senate seat, I'm one percent of one half of the Congress. So what can you actually do?

I'm not trying to discourage this grassroots movement. I wish them well, you never know if they can organize and if they can raise some money. Worst case scenario if I don't run, maybe they can find a productive use for the money in other candidates who do run, but that's what's going on.

I had nothing to do with the website, I had no idea or intention to run for anything. My main goal is to build up my brokerage firm, EuroPacific Capital, and to spread the word of freedom and capitalism every avenue that I can, just as an American and a patriot, to get the word out -- and also as a businessman to try to promote my company and what I'm trying to do through my company, which is trying to protect the wealth and the savings of as many Americans who understand what's going on and who want to take actions to preserve their wealth before its gone.
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I live in CT :D
 
I wonder how difficult it would be for him to get the CT GOP Senate nomination. It's not exactly a highly-sought after post. The last time around the state party put up some guy heavily in debt as a result of his well-known gambling addiction, IIRC. The LP may be another option, although I don't think they currently have statewide ballot access. Still, I bet if Schiff were to request it, an army of volunteers would gather the required signatures in no time (might even be best to run as an independent, like Lieberman did after he lost the Dem primary).

edit: Although I don't know how seriously Peter is even contemplating this. He seems a lot like RP in that he never rules anything out 100%.
 
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this means hes thinking about it. lets make him do it. sounds like a dare to raise money.

if we had BJ lawson type money behind a candidate with the seriousness of Schiff, it would be a guaranteed win. He is no slouch and i think establishment republicans would get behind him.
 
Schiff may be cautious because of the Paul example, and doesn't want to expend all the energy required in a hostile stacked deck enviornment. There's also the issue of his famous father being in jail---though i think he could actually play on his tax honesty connection to Irwin.
 
What's Schiff going to accomplish in the Senate? He's then working for the enemy. Ultimately, government is a gang of thugs- working for them and trying to turn them into a virtuous organization is not going to work.

Anyway, I frankly do NOT think he is going to run for Senate. I believe the other rumor out there more strongly, that he may be running for governor of a pretty big state!

I say we just all abandon government altogether and work on agorism. Schiff can be the leader in using gold as currency, and we can all join him in the real economy.
 
Oh christ.....

Explain to me why you guys want to disrupt this man's respectable, essential career and throw out all his integrity so he can be a useless, completely ineffective senator?

He'd stop appearing on TV, because he'd be too afraid of offending constituents because he's not PC.

Really, the very fact that he didn't rule it out completely kinda irks me, considering the State apparatus enslaved and destroyed his father. Oh well.

Now flame me for making sense...
 
Yeah, I don't think he'd be as effective or influential as a senator. In fact, I'm really starting to give up hope that the state will ever get better. I'd like to start learning more about agorism.
 
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What's the matter, he's not approved by the Stato Institute?
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Actually that brings up another point.

HE'LL NEVER GET ELECTED!!

Assuming of course he doesn't sell his soul to the State and bribe people. I think Peter is better than that.
 
BarryDonegan said:
this means hes thinking about it. lets make him do it. sounds like a dare to raise money.

if we had BJ lawson type money behind a candidate with the seriousness of Schiff, it would be a guaranteed win. He is no slouch and i think establishment republicans would get behind him.
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omfg...

Does no one around here learn anything? How many votes did Lawson get? How many votes did PAUL get, with his insanely rich campaign?

Need I remind you that they didn't seem to take him seriously AS THEY LAUGHED AT HIM!

People, the only reason he's on TV so much now is because 1) his predictions were correct. and 2) because of his youtube popularity. Thats it. None of those talking heads actually believe him. No "establishment republicans" believe him. No politicians believe him (except for RP). He. Will. Not. Get. Elected.

And he should not try.
 
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