Bunning loses sanity, announces re-election bid

One has to wonder what the Republicans are thinking! Jim Bunning, a former pitcher elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee, has announced that he will be running again for the U.S. Senate in 2010 in which he will likely be crushed in the General Election by either Congressman Ben Chandler or current state treasurer Jonathan Miller.

"My gosh," Bunning said in conference call with Kentucky reporters, "I'm young, and I'm healthy."

Bunning said he is raising little money for himself. Instead, he is concentrating on raising money for his Political Hall of Fame Leadership Political Action Committee.

He said he is on mark to contribute $5,000 to 20 Republican candidates, including U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, who is running in Kentucky's 4th District against Democrat Ken Lucas, and U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who is challenged by Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown.

Bunning also said he is spending time returning fundraising favors that senators did for him during his 2004 campaign, including Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who is locked in a tough political fight.

Bunning said Santorum held four fundraisers for him during the Kentuckian's campaign, including three in Philadelphia.

The only reason why he got elected in the first place is probably because he played baseball. Pitching wise, he came close to 3,000 strikeouts but was nowhere close to 300 wins. He was 145 strikeouts away from 3,000. Then, there were those no-hitters including the perfect game. It took 25 years from his 1971 retirement to get inducted in 1996.