Why Larry Kudlow Must Run
by Roger StoneThe prospect of CNBC analyst Larry Kudlow seeking the Republican and Conservative Party nominations to oppose Sen. Chuck Schumer has become a cause among Tea Party folks, Conservatives, Republicans and many on Wall Street. Not since James L. Buckley won a US Senate seat in 1970 have New York Conservatives been so excited about a statewide political race.
Pick Up the Mantle
I don’t know Kudlow well. We met several times during the Reagan years but it was at Buffalo Congressman Jack Kemp’s 2009 memorial service that I got reacquainted with the pro-growth enthusiast. Kudlow has been on on my STONEzone TEN BESTED DRESSED LISTtm since 2008. I admire him as an unabashed apostle of hope and optimism and opportunity on television and radio. His are the politics of Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp, who Kudlow calls his mentor.
It goes without saying that Chuck Schumer needs a vigorous challenger; he is perhaps the most odious, pushy, abrasive and self-absorbed jerk in Congress today. His pork-fests are legendary, and he narrowly escaped indictment for corruption as an Assemblyman before becoming the master of the “pay to play” game in Washington.
But Kudlow’s potential candidacy is about something even more important than sending Schumer packing.
Today leftist historians are rewriting history, burying supply-side economics and recasting what really happened under Ronald Reagan.
Relight the Torch
Their mantra – the Reagan tax cuts caused the deficit – is dead wrong. Government revenues soared under Reagan – so did Congressional spending which is the real cause of federal deficits.
Reagan and Kemp transformed the Republican Party from the party of the wealthy to the party of the workingman. It was the Bushs who carted us back to the country club. Still, the 1992 defeat of President George HW Bush who raised taxes demoralized those who understood the need to keep the “read my my lips” pledge. Although W. was a tax-cutter the insane levels of spending undermined growth and tax-cutting became dicredited.
As a result, the pro-growth wing of the Republican Party has no leader today, no one to carry the banner of growth and opportunity and free markets.
Larry Kudlow can make a case for economic growth at center stage in the media capital of the world. In the United States Senate, Larry Kudlow would have the bully pulpit. And make no mistake – he would use it wisely.
It has bothered me to no end that The Washington Post never ran an obituary of Jack Kemp, whose 1988 campaign for President I ran in New Hampshire. The newspaper only mentioned his death in passing, relegated to the sports page.
The message behind the Beltway Bible’s dismissive treatment of one of the lions of the Reagan Revolution is this: tax-reduction didn’t work, so Kemp’s greatest achievements were on the football field.
Conservatives cannot let them rewrite history, and Larry Kudlow can snatch away their pen. He was present at the birth of the economic prosperity Ronald Reagan brought to America. So it is up to him to pick up the Kemp banner; he must relight the Reagan torch.
Win or lose, a Kudlow campaign would re-energize the growth wing of the Republican Party. That alone is worth running for, but he can certainly beat Schumer whose approval rating has dipped to a record low.
Some decry Kudlow, saying he was wrong in his economic predictions as our global economic meltdown approached. But who was right? Here is what we do know: taxing and spending got us to where we are today, and higher taxes and more pork spending are making it far worse. This is Chuck Schumer’s Washington, and it is NOT the answer.
But the 2010 campaign is not about the past, it’s about the future.
Kudlow would run an uplifting, erudite and issue-oriented campaign in the style of Jack Kemp. Although he cannot match the $19 million in blood money packed in Schumer’s war chest, Kudlow is well liked on Wall Street and at the Tea Parties and he can raise significant late dollars – big and small – to be competitive on television. As a skilled communicator in America’s Medium, Kudlow would wear well with a broader audience.
In the end, it was a popular draft movement that pulled Jim Buckley and Alfonse D’Amato into their New York Senate races, and they both won tough campaigns. In perhaps the most important draft since Goldwater, Larry Kudlow would attract thousands of young conservative activists and he would re-invigorate the Reagan/Kemp wing of the Republican Party.
Pick Up the Banner?
I say run, Larry, run.
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Yeah, there just aren't enough slavish supporters of Israel in our government already. I have an idea – why not put forth an American – someone who puts America First???? No CFR candidates. No AIPAC candidates.
I strongly agree. Run, Larry, run!
Kudlow is a serious person, but that doesn't stop him mixing it up when it's called for.
He can demoralize a blithering idiot by gently asking revealing questions, whereas I would've just knocked the fool out and headed home. Larry has many fine attributes, and I think they shine through in every word he says.
He's a gentleman, in the truest sense of the word, but he's tough-minded and principled, as well. I hate to see him grapple with a clown like Schumer, but still, distasteful as it might be, someone has to hold his nose and kick that guy out of the U.S. Senate.
Thank you, Mr. Stone, for your own past service to this country, and for this excellent piece today.
Hey, it's Monday — is it Jew-bashing day again already?
Dhasselhoff, you are a wonderfully credible spokesperson for your cause.
Only problem is, your cause isn't worth a damn. Hatred is never in style. Didn't someone mention this to you already?
Run Larry run!
I'd send him money if he chose to run.
I hope he does, I'll bet he would kick that useless member of the progressive ruling class's a__. in a statewide election..
Go for it Larry
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"Chuck Schumer needs a vigorous challenger; he is perhaps the most odious, pushy, abrasive and self-absorbed jerk in Congress today"
Nah. Maybe in the Senate- but with a House that contains Pete Stark, Henry Waxman, Barney Frank and Alan Grayson, Schumer isn't really in the Capitol Hill running.
The real problem is, nobody really knows what his cause. He ought go find a neo-Natzi site that he feels comfortable with.
Want Larry Kudlow to run? Don't just sit there and wish for it.
Sign up to draft Larry Kudlow at http://www.DRAFTKUDLOW.com !!
Same here, Cowboy Logic. I like the way he talks, and I find him a reassuring presence amongst all the bluster on television and in politics.
I'm not a wealthy person, far from it, but I think I can carve out $75–$100 for a cause this worthy.
LOL — Very good point!!!
No matter if you or Mr. Stone is correct on this point — it's still a sad, sad commentary on these progressive bums who are running our country into the ground.
Kudlow does understand business and economics, and does know his way around Wall Street.
I stopped listening to Kudlow on the radio when he branded all the people against amnesty for illegals as racist. His patriotism only goes as far as his stock portfolio.
As usual, Cowboy Logic, you ain't wrong and you sure as HELL ain't lyin'!
That Jew bashing gets old.
We do not need another RINO in the Senate. I heard today on Fox, that Lindsey Graham is working a deal with Rahm Emanual re Gitmo, and he is also teaming up with Kerry and Lieberman to re-do cap and trade. We need to be careful who we are putting in as replacements.
You are sure right there. Lindsay Graham needs to go. He is a disgrace.
I don't know if its Larry or not, NY a big state, can't we get a real conservative to run? I would rather lose with a conservative, then get another RINO.
I totally agree, Schumer is really a sick sob. Disgusting.
Yep…Kudlow has was born and raised a Democrat. Something never change…
I voted for Bob Dole because of Jack Kemp, may he rest in peace.
I don't live in NY, but I would send money to Kudlow's campaign, if he decided to get in the race. Schumer is a disgrace.
Run Larry Run!!
I'm sure you will meet your Idol one day, After all you will have a eternity in Hell to look for Hitler and his followers !!!
People like yourself that hate others for their religion have caused more death and wars then any other calamity this world has seen !!!
I'd rather win with a Republican than lose by getting another leftist Democrat like Schumer.
If you want another assault on the 2nd Amendment and another run at amnesty Schumer is your man.
Kudlow is at least right on fiscal issues and can probably be persuaded on the issues on which he is squishy.
Look, this is NY, so Kudlow is about as good as it gets. So lets get him elected.
I have said it before but it bears repeating here.
Since moving to the deep south several years ago I discovered that the "conservative" candidates that I supported in the NE were on par with your average "blue dog" Dem.
Politically speaking NY is very close politically with the New England states and a "Rino" may be the best you will get there.
This race is really about who will run the senate and a strong leader can pull in the stragglers when they are running the show.
Can't suggest anything but a mainstream foreign policy around this place without the reverse trolls showing up?
How dare you disagree with Shawn Hannity and Sarah Palin.
Love Larry Kudlow unfortunately the pious Sanctity of Lifers in NYC are so progressive they would NEVER vote for a pro-life Republican.
If we get candidates like Kudlow to run, then we will not longer be voting for the lesser of "two evils"…
It will be whole hearted support for a down to earth– get it done type, who has the gravitas and smarts to make a difference..
Disagreements????…Johnny
that's what happens individuals think for themselves,… so it is understandable that you…….
see this in a negative light.
It's a new week,… let's see if you and Dhaffy can come up with a new thought.
dhass, You are a sick, sorry MF that should immigrate to Iran at the earliest. You possess all the qualifications.
Dhasselhoff
I heard when Kudlow kicks Shumers fat ass out of the Senate, his first order of business will be to make ISRAEL the 57th State…I'd bet to a man, 95% here would go for it….
Partially agree. We need an American, someone who puts Americans First….Definitely NOT BARACK OBAMA.
We can all find some amount that will help. Our future depends on it. Schumer's gotta go.
Fine tuning or overhauling…..?????
half a glass of water or empty glas….???????????
Kudlow or Shummer………
I want to be able to fight another day…..Run Kudlow run.
And at one point, we thought he was one of us. What a sham(not a mispelling).
Schumer should be Madoff's 'cellie'. Bernie should get the cot by the door since he gets out first.
Randy
Because that would not make sense…
How would history been much better is Ronnie had picked Kemp as his VP instead of Bush the Elder? No way we would have had that tax increase or Boy Clinton in 92.
dhass, and jonny are just suffering from a case of liberal BAD BOY syndrom, in which they woo bad boys, who beat them up (IE undie boomers) and treat the good guys who show them frendship, and respect with contempt
(ps did you have a good time at the meeting with your shave headed freinds this weekend dhass?)
I hopwe he runs, i would LOVE to see the u- tube of the Kudlolow shumerweazle debate. (besides if dhass and Jonny hate himm, hes got to be good)
every day is jew bashing day for dhass.
Anything short of sacrificing all of America to a cult-belief in some end-times prophesy (that just HAPPENS to be sold by the same people who are benefitting) is "anti-Semitic."
Really, these people are Scientology with another label.
run Larry run.
Well, American society is rapidly degenerating. We have become one of the least free nations on Earth with some of the highest taxes for the amount of services done by the government. The money is being siphoned off to Israel and war for Israel. There are MANY countries I would love to move to. A lot of places I would rather have been born. Look how this country has changed in less than a lifetime – from the 50's until now. If you can move I suggest you do it because this place isn't going to be around much longer.
That's good. We are definitely short on Wall Street insiders in government. Maybe we can get a few more bailouts for banks, too.
LOL! I can't believe someone would give money to this clown. A sucker born every minute. Money burning a hole in your pocket or are you a fluffer for Kudlow on this blog?
Kudlow was educated at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York and graduated in 1969 with a degree in history[2] and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he studied politics and economics but left before earning his degree. Kudlow was a member of the left wing SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) while a senior.[citation needed] He was a classmate of future BET founder Robert L. Johnson at Princeton.
Kudlow began his career as a Staff Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He worked in a division of that bank that handled open market operations, which involve buying and selling bonds to help control inflation and interest rates. In 1970 , when he was still a Democrat he worked on the U.S. Senate campaign of Joseph Duffey along with Bill Clinton, John Podesta, and Michael Medved, another future conservative, and in 1976 he worked on the U.S. Senate campaign of Daniel Patrick Moynihan along with Tim Russert against Conservative Party incumbent James L. Buckley, brother of William F. Buckley, Jr
Po' ol Kudlow needs your money, huh? A Fed Reserve Banker with a sign saying "will devalue the dollar for food." You are a fool.
Go Larry Kudlow, seeking the Republican and Conservative Party nominations to oppose Sen. Chuck Schumer!
I left right after Shumer stole the election from Alphonso D'mato! Larry, you'll beat that progressive Schumer hands-down! It's a sure thing!
Yes, must create a false choice between two Zionists to give the illusion of choice. Kudlow or Schumer. Sort of like the false choice between Coleman and Franken. Minnesota has only 1% Jewish population.
How about two White people running for office in an all Black district? Why don't you see that?
Yep, them down-to-earth Fed Reserve bankers and Left-wing radicals*-turned-neocons are just salt of the Earth types with good common sense.
* Kudlow was a member of the left wing SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) while a senior.
They should find a good Muslim candidate – they are the most pro-Life people you will meet.
How about a conservative pro-2nd Democrat like James Traficant?
More Rhinos. No thanks. Some people never learn anything.
Ok, fine but apart from just getting out of the federal pen….we are talking about NY here.
Kudlow is about as conservative as you're gonna get out of the Empire State.
DHassel
So, I was a Univ of Chicago "WeatherUnderground" member in 1969….What Kudlow WAS 40 years ago bears zero resemblence to the man he is now…
See, there's some hope for the likes of YOU…Let's hope…
Yes, it certainly is, waywordson. For the record, I'm not a Jew. I'm a white, straight Gentile, raised Baptist but now a non-believer, and as conservative as anyone I know.
I'd rather have been a Jew, marched to the gas chamber, than to have been the statist Nazi thug who was forcing the Jew to his death. My support of Israel has nothing to do with Biblical prophecy, although I have some dearly beloved Christian friends who support Israel on that basis.
Dhaffyyyyyyyyy…….Franken????????????
Agree that he is not everything we'd prefer, BUT… he's most of what we want in a state that matters… and it matters too, to beat and remove Chuck-U-Schumer from the Senate. Larry is pro-business and pro-growth. He is ate up with America and loves her. He is positive and smart and is for lower taxes and a small federal government. I think he's do just fine on the big issues that matter very much.
I do not think we can get the "perfect" candidates in every instance… we must focus on the goal… and I guess that's subjective, but for me at least, Larry Kudlow would be an outstanding replacement to Schumer.
I see the shill is down to his usual rascist remarks again. Typical.
Pro-life only when the Muslim candidate is an infidel Republican otherwise The Party of Death issues a fatwa for failure to submit to the religion.
It speaks volumes about who he is.
No better spokesman for the left then you…
…..Larry is pro-business and pro-growth.
Why is that good? The people cheapening every aspect of our lives are "pro-business and pro-growth." They keep repeating this "growth" mantra and say we need to import illegals for the construction jobs then wonder why crime, traffic, etc…. have all gotten bad and why everything is made in China. Fools.
You better get him to pledge that he won't use it for nose candy.
I think he has made that pledge.
pardone me dass, but yourview of history is as factualy wrong, as your antisemitism is moraly wrong.
now put on your jeans, and go up stairs, your mommy wants you to take out the trash
liberal foreign policy
bash the only democratic nation in the middle east, a nation that has been our staunch Allie, in order to sooth the ire of a bunch of rocket lobbing, undie booming neo-barbarians.
not what i call a foreign policy, its a racist, cowardly, and stupid policy
Sham?
SHAM WOW!
NY, like Taxachuesettes, is nearly an impossible task. Take what bwe can get in either state and work on the rest. Kalifornia is about the same.
Wouldn't that be the 58th state?
Very hard to forgive Rudy for not running.
" When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. "
~ Charles Schumer ~
" Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year(2009), and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Schumer’s $1.65 million take from the financial services industry is nearly twice that of any other senator's — and more than five times what the industry gave to any single Republican senator. "
~ Politico 9/28/09 ~
There are a number of issues that are making the USA less liveable than it use to be, but absolutely nothing to do with Israel. Our progressives have slowly eroded human rights and ar aiming to take more of them if they have their way.
As for moving out of the USA, check out my screen name, Ray_In_Bangkok. I retired here in Thailand nearly two years ago. It has nothing to do with disliking the USA .. (think that is obvious by the fact that I post here). I spent my entire adult life working and travelling the world (military/civil service), married a Thai woman and raising two wonderful children.
It's a great idea. Do it Kudlow.
CL,
Got a better word for our esteemed senator?
The modern UN creation of Israel has nothing to do with the one referenced in the Bible 2000 years ago.
People in the arena of business and finance are in the a position to see first hand the damage that Obama's politics are doing. MSNBC is just liberal blather.
Hey, it's Monday — is it Jew-bashing day again already?
Answer: For KITT's favorite meatbag, every day is Jew-bashing day!
ahhhhhhh……….
How about queer?
Asselhoff, you are truly a piece of excrement. Get the #$%#$% out of here.
Your kidding right. Not another CFR RINO…no thank you.
The real question to me is: Is Kudlow better where he is where, at least, Enterprise gets 5 hours per week on his CNBC show. Contrast that with trying to get his message out when carried by medi-orons.
So glad he didn't run–on jobs, our supposedly improving economy and drilling he is such a shill for BHO that it makes me ill.
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