Well I took nearly two months to survey a possible Senate bid. There is not a way for me to run and to win. The options are either I would lose in the primary, at best taking a third of the vote. The second option is I would win and splinter and fracture the party so much that it would take a decade or more to heal the damage. The third option is that Mike Huckabee could exploit either the first or second option to run for U.S. Senate. I am not prepared to allow any of those things to happen.
Also, unfortunately, financially I am not in a position to run or raise the money to run. Finally, the Chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party is a good friend and someone who I admire and trust. If Jason Willett says don't do it, I am inclined to listen, because he is a close friend.
Finally, its just not in the cards. Yes, I am mad about Mark Pryor voting the way he has voted. But unfortunately, I cannot raise the money it will take to defeat him and defeat a savvy, well-funded, Republican like Mike Huckabee in the fall.
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