Ex-anchor could split the tea-bagger vote as an independent
(NEWSER) - Lou Dobbs has dropped big hints that he plans a career in politics, and the GOP should be worried, warns Joe Conason. A presidential run by Dobbs seems like a strong possibility, but he won't be running as a Republican, Conason writes for Salon . Instead, the newly departed CNN anchor looks likely to run as an independent, drawing on the same "resentful remnant" the GOP is counting on in 2012. More»