What do you think about Peter Schiff running for Senate:

[dtotire]

He advocates reducing regulations, cutting federal spending, etc. The policies that caused the problems we are having. I don't think he could ever be a competent Senator. Managing a national economic system is significantly different from managing a private business, and far more complex. Does anyone know how many supporters he has?

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. Maybe his dad will help him when he gets

Out of prison. He stopped paying income tax

[Jennicut]

3. My mom worked for his Dad when he was an accountant. Said he

was nutty. That was in the early 70's before I was born.

Like father like son. Schiff is kind of loony as well.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

4. He's Irwin's kid ?

Irwin used to be my next door neighbor (Next apartment) in Hamden.
Truly a wacko.

[Jennicut]

5. Yes. My mom said he was wacky back when she knew him.

My family is from Cheshire. I will have to ask where she was working with him back in the 70's. Totally weird family.

Per wikipedia:
In June 2004, a Federal court ruled that Schiff was liable for over $2 million in taxes, penalties and interest for the years 1979 through 1985. In that case, Schiff's attorney had filed a brief claiming a diminished capacity defense, contending that Schiff had been diagnosed with a chronic, severe delusional disorder relating to his beliefs about the federal income tax system. This was characterized by some opponents of Schiff's beliefs as a claim that those beliefs were the product of a delusion, or even insanity, and that Schiff had willingly allowed his defense counsel to raise such an argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff

In other words, the guy is nuts.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

6. I was in that apartment building in Hamden until 1983

when my son was 2. I think we moved in there in the late 70's. His book had been published at that point.

[Larkspur]

2. Non of the Repubs have a chance against Blumenthal

Even some Repubs like Blumenthal. The Repubs best hope was Dodd staying in the race and now that it's gone, none of them have a chance against Blumenthal.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Schiff is sort of like Ron Paul

He has a small group of loyal & passionate followers. Colin McEnroe had made a comment about Schiff not making a smart remark (something about the concerns of CT voters don't matter, he was running to "help" the whole country) and his blog got swamped with Schiff-heads defending Schiff and/or bashing Colin.

However, thinking less regulation and more free market is the answer is looney - he was like a broken clock on predicting the financial crisis - it was his twice a day time to be correct.

[JerseygirlCT]

8. I think I'm glad he's running

Competition in the GOP can only help us, right?