About two short months after winning re-election as auditor last November Tom Salmon thanked his team, said it was an honor to serve with them and announced he would not seek re-election.
He had appeared to have zeroed in on a run for the US Senate( he purchased salmonforussenate.com domain name )
On Politico.com he was quoted about the prospects of a U S Senate run against Bernie Sanders, he said:
"Right now, I am 65 percent in. When I hit 75 percent it will commence exploratory.
Slate.com took notice of this and what they called his incomprehensible quote and declare our man Salmon’s senate quest likely to be The most doomed campaign of 2012
All that could be water over the dam for Salmon. Now just a few months later and obviously no longer “65% in”; he offhandedly changes course. The Vermont Press Bureau reports:
Salmon said there’s a 30-percent chance he takes on Sanders and a 20-percent chance he challenges Shumlin.Also under consideration for the Bellows Falls native: defending his incumbency in the auditor’s office (“If someone from the Progressive Party masquerading as a Democrat runs for the auditor’s office and looks like a favorite, I can’t let that happen to my office”); or some kind of nonpolitical endeavor.
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There is a 90% “chance” that Mr. Prognosticator will transform his ambitions at least two times within the next six months.
He sounds like such a child:
“I don’t feel like playing with that toy anymore, but if you want to play with it, I want it back.”
So how does Mr. Salmon feel about Republicans masquerading as Democrats? That was his story first time around right?
…a 5% chance I give a shit. No, let me wait…that may become 2%…I’ll get back to you, Tom. Have to factor in the
yawns vs. laughter percentages. Meanwhile, you might want to do an ‘exploratory’ on the chances of Sanders getting 101% against you. You could make electoral history.
The sunday Freeps article on IRA seemed to indicate he went to some consultant to make recommendations on how to avoid someone hitting the till for themselves….
I liked the one about having at least two people opening the mail… random acts of mail opening… the new deep thought on avoiding the embezzler . He put a lot of thought into that one…
Are there any serious contenders out there who would run against Bernie?
The only person (who I can think of) that has a chance is Jim Douglas and he doesn’t seem interested.
Brock? Would be interesting.
Dubie? Unlikely.
Scott? Seems to be running for re-election to lt. gov.
Anyone? Bueller?
Salmon is a small fry when it comes to politics, so it’s not surprising Salmon is floundering. Regardless of where Salmon will run, Salmon is smoked for sure.