Monday, August 24, 2009

Peter Schiff Leans Toward U.S. Senate Run.

Peter Schiff turns on his computer and checks his fundraising numbers with the studied nonchalance other guys might display while perusing last night’s box scores. It’s a Friday in early August and Schiff’s fans have set off a “money bomb” — a 24-hour pledge blitz they hope will persuade him to run for the U.S. Senate seat held for almost 30 years by Christopher J. Dodd. Schiff, the Fairfield County stockbroker and author who has become YouTube’s most popular prognosticator of financial doom, says he will make up his mind by Labor Day. But spurred on by a cadre of young and zealous followers from around the nation, and a fundraising total that is closing in on $1 million, he is leaning toward a run...Link

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