WWE CEO for the Senate?
I haven’t watched “rasslin” in a while but this story did make me chuckle. Linda McMahon, the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment wants to send Senator Chris Dodd, a democrat, packing. I hope she puts him in a sleeper hold.
From the AP:
Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon has never been shy about wading into the ring — and now she’s plotting a smackdown of Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd.
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday McMahon has resigned as the company’s chief executive to seek the Republican nomination for Dodd’s seat, providing a show-business twist to one of the nation’s marquee Senate races.
“I never do anything half-heartedly,” McMahon said in a telephone interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. “I am 100 percent serious about this race.”
McMahon, 60, launched her candidacy saying the five-term incumbent Dodd has “lost his way and our trust.” Dodd plans to run for a sixth term next year and is seen as one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats.
Sleeper? I’m thinking pile driver.