Joe Scarborough would run if he “felt the country was veering off dangerously in the wrong direction.”

What’samattah, Bunky? Things got ya down? No money? No place to live? Nothing to eat? Rotten love life? (Wait a minute, how’d that one get in there?)

Don’t worry. Morning Joe will save the day, but only if he deems it necessary for the good of the country.

Yes, that’s right, if things look extra super duper bleak, and Joe Scarborough scans the politiscape and feels he, and only he, can come to the rescue, then he’s in:

Have there been moments–say, during the tax debate in December–when you wished you were back in Congress?
Not yet. I think I may at some point. We have more influence doing the show. There are 435 members of Congress. There’s one Morning Joe show. [...]

“At some point”? How seriously are you considering a return to politics?
[...]  Look what’s happened to Barack Obama over the last two years or George Bush for eight. It’s a blood sport. But at some point I may feel the need to run for office again.

What would make you?
An absence of leadership. The same thing that had me run the first time, in 1994, when I felt the country was veering off dangerously in the wrong direction. If Washington continues to fumble issues like taking care of the debt, getting the troops home, and rebuilding our economy, my wife and I may sit down and say, “These are critical things and maybe we need to get back in the ball.“

Gosharootie, we’re so lucky to have a hero like Joe at the ready.

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