David Duke is launching a presidential exploratory committee to study whether or not Republican voters prefer the original Coca-Cola over Diet Coca-Cola.
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is launching a 25 state tour to drum up support for a presidential run, according to the The Daily Beast.
While the presidential hopeful claims his views have evolved, he recently described himself as a "white civil rights advocate" to The Daily Beast's Eve Conant. [...]
"David Duke is launching a Duke for President exploratory committee, and will soon start a year long tour across America from his home base in Mandeville, LA," Duke's website claimed last year. "He plans to speak in every state and gauge the political response to his possible entry into the race for the Republican nomination."
"Over the past few weeks, since the release of his, 'David Duke Speaks to the Tea Party' video, thousands of Tea Party activists have urged him to run for President."
Why not? His spiritual successors are already running for the nomination anyway.
For the record, I don't think he will actually end up running following his nationwide tour, or that he could ever win, but it seems very telling to me that we are living in an environment where David Duke may see an opening for himself in the current field of candidates. An environment where the media debate over his candidacy will more than likely be a debate over whether or not he can win, not whether or not he should even try.