Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs — whose abrupt departure from the struggling cable network stunned his fans — is mulling a run for the White House in 2012 and has even reached out to Latino groups to see if he can mend fences.
“It’s one of the discussions that we’re having,” Dobbs said in an interview on WTOP radio in Washington.
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“For the first time, I’m actually listening to some people about politics.”
Dobbs — whose outspoken views on the need to curtail illegal immigration earned him the ire of many minority groups — admitted he might not be cut out for politics.
“I don’t think I’ve got the nature for it,” the blustery former anchor told the radio station.
But Dobbs — who dropped out of the Republican party in 2006 and to become an Independent — said he was interested in doing something positive for the country.
“We’ve got to do something in this country and I think that being in the public arena means you’ve got to be part of the solution.”
He dismissed speculation that he left CNN due to the network’s lackluster ratings — and insisted his departure left him “liberated.”
“I feel liberated. I feel emancipated. I’m exhilarated,” he said.
“I am looking forward to moving ahead in the public arena — journalism, public policy and public life.”