Is Rep. Mike Rogers Using His New Radio Show To Set Up Presidential Run?

There’s a good chance that, in spite of what Rogers says, the answer to that question is, “Yes!” For one thing, he left the door open to a 2016 run on Fox News Sunday.

On “Fox News Sunday,” Rogers said the quality of the current debate on national security and foreign policy made him worried “for the future of this country.”

“So when someone walked in and said, ‘Hey, we’re going to give you the opportunity to have a discussion in people’s cars, living rooms and kitchens, every single day, from California to Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina. We think you can change the needle on this debate,’ I thought long and hard about it and thought, ‘You know, I think they’re right.'”

The states Rogers named aren’t just a random assortment: Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are the first three states on the presidential primary calendar. That led host Chris Wallace to ask whether the congressman was interested in running for higher office.

Pressed by Chris Wallace about a 2016 run, Rogers said:

“Listen, I’m going to take it where it goes,” said Rogers. “This is a very unique opportunity that I will be able to talk about issues in ways you don’t hear on a national radio platform today, about the importance of national security, foreign policy and all of the issues facing America. … My goal here is to be as engaging as I can and to get listeners’ opinion.”

And Rogers is going to use his radio show to go after “celebrity politicians.”

“There’s a lot of celebrity politicians that are using issues, candidly, in Washington, D.C., today that are detrimental to the national security of the United States, and the politics in Washington has gotten as small as I’ve ever seen it,” Rogers said, declining to name the politicians to which he was referring.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.