Former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) weighs run for White House

by Jim Galloway, The Atlanta Journal--Constitution: Sam Nunn left the U.S. Senate more than 10 years ago. Since then, the Georgia Democrat, who made his name nationally as a defense-minded hawk, has watched what's happened to the country, and he's more than a bit ticked - at the "fiasco" in Iraq, a federal budget spinning out of control, the lack of an honest energy policy, and a presidential contest that, he says, seems designed to thwart serious discussion of the looming crises. . . . Nunn acknowledged that he - like former Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich - is considering a run for the White House next year. But unlike Gingrich, Nunn would run outside the traditional two-party structure. . . . Nunn said he's been in touch with Unity '08, a group with a goal of fielding a bipartisan or independent ticket for president. . . .

"In a new era in which the chief concern is Islamic jihadism, a world security system built around a nuclear stand-off between the United States and Russia has become "obsolete," Nunn says Ultimately, he said, if there's to be any chance of persuading smaller countries to give up nuclear weapons technology - and keep it out of the hands of increasingly sophisticated terrorists - world powers will have to put themselves on a gradual, verifiable path toward total nuclear disarmament. That includes the United States. . . . "I am frustrated, and clearly frustrated, with the fact that I think my children and grandchildren are not going to have the kind of future they should be having," Nunn said. Political debate has been captured by the extreme wings of both parties, he said, ignoring solutions that can only be found in the middle. . . . [Read More]

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