Report: Michigan GOP Rep. Thad McCotter to Run for President of the United States

Very interesting.

News is out tonight that GOP Rep. Thad McCotter will file paperwork to run for President of the United States tomorrow! McCotter will reportedly announce his candidacy on July 2:

POLITICO: Thaddeus McCotter will file paperwork on Friday to become the eighth Republican candidate for president, a McCotter adviser told POLITICO.

McCotter spent four days in Iowa this week and came away “feeling positive” about his reception, the adviser said. His presidential campaign website will go live around noon tomorrow, allowing the four-term Michigan congressman to kick off his long-shot bid on the first day of the new fundraising quarter.

His presidential committee, dubbed McCotter 2012, will start out with funds in the six figures, according to the source. The campaign will not have to file a full fundraising report until the fall. McCotter had nearly half a million dollars in his House campaign account at the end of March.

The source said that former Iowa House Speaker Pro Tem Chris Rants will serve as McCotter’s senior adviser in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

Rants, who endorsed Mitt Romney early in the 2008 cycle, confirmed that he spent the week introducing McCotter to Iowans and the state of the race.

“Should he decide to run, I will be on board to help him navigate the Hawkeye state,” Rants said. . . . Read More

McCotter is from Michigan, and he is a guy who could really make an impact in this race. I think he has a chance to do well in Iowa and beyond. He strikes me as a great thinker with a quick wit.