I love this headline: "Arpaio is a bad candidate with a bad message at a bad time" [View all]

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From the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/09/arpaio-is-a-bad-candidate-with-a-bad-message-at-a-bad-time/?utm_term=.cba4c08cc561

The last time Joe Arpaio ran for office, he was trounced.

This was 2016, when Arpaio was looking to be reelected as sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., after having served in that position for six four-year terms. During that tenure, he gained national fame for what might charitably be described as his tough stance on immigration. Less charitably, his efforts have been described as abusive and racist. After he was subject to a variety of investigations and lawsuits, voters in the county apparently reached their fill of Arpaio and sent him packing.

This is not the last time he was in the news, of course. After being ordered to curtail his department’s racial-profiling practices and refusing to do so, Arpaio was convicted of contempt of court. That conviction led to a pardon from longtime ally President Trump in August, setting the stage for an unexpected announcement from Arpaio on Tuesday: He’s going to run for Senate.

People run for the U.S. Senate for a lot of reasons. It keeps them in the news, if they’re into that sort of thing, which Arpaio is. It allows them to raise money, which, in turn, allows them to tour the state on someone else’s dime. It also can lead them to serving in the Senate. Those are listed in the descending order of what Arpaio is likely to get out of his bid.