My mom called and said I should run. Any one else? "Begich says he’s being asked to join Senate race as a write-in, and he won’t rule it out." What a time worn political statement. Everyone says "People were calling and emailing and begging me to run. Who am I to argue?" He wants to run, just say so and save the fluff. This is one reason I don't like the guy. A bag of clichés. I mean he doesn't feel the need to preform public service? Just wants to make the few people that called happy? Why is honest and straight forward not in any politicians arsenal? He has been planning this since he lost the last race. It makes sense, Joe is really not much of a threat. The last time he ran the Dems did not even run a primary for him so there wouldn't be any bad things said by another Dem. It should have given him a leg up and it did give him more time to run ads saying how he pretty much invented Alaska (joke, take it easy). He will have a good chance to win. So why not just say that?