ESPN analyst Craig James eyes fall decision on Texas Senate run

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Hill

ESPN analyst Craig James said he'll make a decision this fall about whether to run for Senate as a Republican in Texas.

James, a college football announcer who played on powerhouse teams at Southern Methodist University during the school's controversial rise, said it's "too early" to make a decision about whether to jump in the crowded GOP field in Texas.

"It's been on my radar for two years. And I've gone around the state and I've listened to people," James said on the "Coffee and Markets" podcast published on the conservative blog RedState. "I do believe right now it's too early to make that decision. In the state of Texas, no one's paying attention to the U.S. Senate race right now other than the hardcores. And I believe that somewhere late in the fall, it will become important and people will start paying attention."

James is a noted conservative activist — he said he would have voted against the recent compromise to raise the debt ceiling — and has talked in the past about joining the race to succeed Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) in the Senate. He said he sees a relatively "short race," since Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) emerging presidential campaign is likely to suck up most of the political attention in the Lone Star State.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/176051-espn-analyst-craig-james-eyes-fall-decision-on-texas-senate-run

[KamaAina]

1. Because that worked so well for Lynn Swann

:eyes:

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. But it did work for Heath Schuler, Jon Runyan, Jack Kemp, Bill Bradely,

Steve Largent, Jim Bunning, Kevin Johnson, and Dave Bing.

[KamaAina]

5. James is not nearly in the class of Bradley

who, like Johnson and Bing, played basketball. (The latter two are big-city mayors.)

The others are or were Congressional reps, save for the regrettable Bunning (a baseball player).

[madinmaryland]

2. His son is a lazy ass that got the coach at Texas A&M canned a couple of years ago.

I think James and his son sued the coach. They sound like a couple of douchebags.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Typical AWOL RepubliWanker HardAss

as usual...

[dbackjon]

6. James is a major whiny, entitled douchebag

Other words, typical Repuke

[MilesColtrane]

7. Well, at least we know where he stands on the death penalty.

He's against it, and he swears he didn't do anything to deserve it.

[Johonny]

8. He took huge under the table money in college

One of the dirtiest college players ever, from one of the dirtiest college programs ever. The program that got the NCAA death penalty thanks to people like Craig.

He now spends his TV career bagging on college players that take money. So he seems like the perfect Republican choice for me.