“Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announced Tuesday that he is dropping his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and will consider running as an independent in the coming weeks.
“‘I’m withdrawing from any consideration of being the Democratic Party’s nominee for the presidency,’ Webb said at the National Press Club. He said his views are ‘not compatible’ with the power structure and nominating base’ of the Democratic Party and that its hierarchy is ‘not comfortable’ with his policies.
“‘How I remain as a voice will depend on what kind of support I’m shown in the coming weeks,’ he said, adding, ‘I’m thinking about all of my options.’ Political candidates are being ‘pulled to the extremes,’ said Webb, who said that more Americans consider themselves politically independent than Republicans or Democrats.” — CBS News (read story here)
Yeah, well, that’s brave talk for a one-term ex-senator who’s raised less than $700,000 and doesn’t even register in polls. If he thinks there’s a vast sea of voters out there who are neither Republican nor Democrat, he apparently hasn’t heard that this country is politically polarized down to the last voter, dog, cat, and parakeet. Personally, I think his best option is to go fishing.
