Stormy Daniels Forms Exploratory Committee For Senate Run

Stormy Daniels, adult film star and aspiring politician, announced on Thursday her formation of an Senate exploratory committee -- the first official step toward her run for U.S. Senate against David Vitter.

Daniels recently completed a listening tour of Louisiana, after being drafted to run by an online group called, appropriately, Draft Stomy.

Read her statement below.

Stormy Daniels Announces Formation of Senate Exploratory Committee

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - May 21, 2009 - Today, Stormy Daniels issued the following statement announcing the formation of a committee to explore a potential campaign for United States Senate:

Today, I am excited to announce that I am taking the next step in exploring a possible run for United States Senate. Two weeks ago, I embarked on a listening tour where I had the pleasure of hearing the thoughts and concerns of my fellow Louisianans. These conversations were highly encouraging and convinced me to officially explore the possibility of running for the United States Senate. To this end, I have formed an exploratory committee to gauge Louisianans' support for my potential candidacy.

I do not take this step lightly. While I have been humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response my potential candidacy has generated thus far, my decision to run for United States Senate will only be made after I have had the opportunity to discuss this prospect with as many people across the state as possible. Too many in government ignore the voices of those whom they claim to represent. I promise you that I will not.

Forming this committee will allow me to raise the funds necessary to explore a possible run and will provide Louisianans an opportunity to continue sharing with me their concerns and ideas. I invite you to visit www.teamstormy.com and join me in taking this next important step.

In the coming months I will continue my listening tour and am eager to visit western and northern Louisiana. I look forward to discussing further the vital priorities facing our state and nation--including reforming the tax code to a system that rewards, rather than penalizes, success, protecting our children and promoting personal responsibility as an alternative to government intrusion.

We are excited by the prospect of Stormy taking up our challenge. Now we ask you to carry on the momentum by visiting Team Stormy, signing up and making a contribution today!

Thank you all for your support of the DraftStormy movement.

Sincerely,
The DraftStormy team

Comments

[oldleftcoastdude]

Hopefully CNN will carry any debate between these two live. Vitter would be so distracted trying to look at her face instead of her other body parts, I think she'd clean his clock.

[BLinCincinnati]

Wow... I COMPLETELY misread that last word....

[oldleftcoastdude]

LMAO!!!!!!!!

[maxfax]

Maybe they'll have a mud wrestling match, bet she can take him.

[maxfax]

Anybody but diaper Dave.

[ladyearth]

She is articulate. She seems to know that listening is the most important component to communication. She certainly knows human behavior. She has the guts to go forward, knowing how some will respond to her. Give the lady a break. She just may be a great candidate.

[JayinPhoenix]

Being a porn star does not automatically DISqualify her. Fair enough. But what exactly QUALIFIES her? If she wasn't in porn, she wouldn't be getting the time of day and we all know it.

But I have to admit - this could be one of the funniest campaigns of all freaking time. And hey...at least there won't be any skeletons in HER closet, eh?

[oldleftcoastdude]

What qualifies any person to run for any public office? like you said, though, it could be funny, to say the least.

[Waltfl]

What qualified Bush?

[JohnCochtosten]

This campaign will be worth watching for the double entendre alone.

[MikeHermit]

She could give new meaning to the term "bipartisan".

[Lochmon]

Well, if she turns out to be like all the other politicians, at least we citizens can get screwed with a bit more style and technique.

[progressivelady]

I will donate or help her cause, someone need's to stand up to the republicrat's hypocracy, you go girl!

[arspar183]

can i donate to her campaing without being charged for soliciting?

[jl4141]

This isn't her first exploratory committee, if you know what I mean.

[AddyGmom]

Itrust her a lot more than bitter vitter or howdydoody jindal -- or any repub pol.

She should run as a Democrat.

[Skyhawk]

Got my vote.

[Totto]

Now there's "Change I Can Believe In".

[scorpioleidy]

HP - Seriously?! You ran this story about two weeks ago!

[AddyGmom]

No. She was on a 'listening' tour to find if it was feasible for her to run. She has now made her decision to start the process of getting her name on the ballot.

[SanityForOnce]

Did they really put "Stormy Daniels" and "Exploratory" in the same headline? ;-)

[oldleftcoastdude]

LMAO.....t­hat's good.

[Waltfl]

From what I've seen so far, her intellectual capacity seems to vastly exceed Bachman's and Palin's. Besides, she is upfront about how she makes a living, while most politicians aren't. Constituents in other countries have elected porn stars into office before, and they often turned out to be fairly reasonable politicians (see: Italy > Ilona Staller).

[Totto]

"Upfront?"

[AbbieHoffman2]

Bachmann & Palin couldnt make a dime doing what Stormy does for a living