Outside the Beltway

Ventura-Barkley ’08

James Joyner · Tuesday, March 23, 2004 · 1 comment

Wrestler-turned-politician Jesse Ventura all but threw his hat into the 2008 presidential ring yesterday – and said he’s already decided to tap basketball star Charles Barkley as a running mate.

Hmm.

Barkley has said for years that he’d like to be governor of Alabama. And, frankly, he’d be an upgrade over most of his predecessors. I’m not sure I’d want him one heartbeat away from the presidency, though.

Via Mark Hasty, who has a critical assessment of Ventura’s tenure as governor.

FILED UNDER: The Presidency, US Politics, Alabama, Boston Herald, Jesse Ventura, Mark Hasty

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.