Porn Star to Decide on Senate Run April 15

Stormy Daniels may soon find out if sex and politics mix.

The deadline day for filing federal tax returns also will be the day Baton-Rouge-born porn star announces whether she will run for the Senate seat held by David Vitter, a Republican.

Brian Welsh, her political spokesman, said in an e-mail Tuesday that Daniels will make her announcement April 15. Welsh says Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, believes the timing will highlight the need for tax reform.

While Daniels continues to promote her adult entertainment ventures and personal appearances online, she has said nothing publicly about the race since summer. She formed a committee to explore a possible Senate race in May 2009 after a series of public appearances.

The porn star hasn't declared a party affiliation. John Sutherlin, a political science professor at the University of Louisiana, told CBS Radio News that he thinks Daniels will run as an independent though he said in her case party affiliation doesn't really matter.

"Stormy Daniels' candidacy remains sort of a trick or a ploy anyway," Sutherlin told CBS Radio News.

The campaign began as a grassroots movement on the Internet after Vitter's phone number was found in the black book of the so-called "D.C. Madam."

[TVO1CITW]

This will be an end-all to the sex scandals in DC.

[yeeoflittlefaith]

Maybe she is the "Anti-Christ?" Let's ask the christan militia. They seem to know everything about Christ and the endtime.

[chitown639]

Republicans love bimbos, she'll fit right in....maybe she'll be selected to as the vice-presidential nominee for the Republican Party in 2012..................

[DawnBroderick40]

If something that looks like that is a porn star, there is hope for the rest of us. She is a joke, just like her diseased body is a danger to those around her. What a foul, filthy beast she is.

[cbsblogger]

Everything in our dumbed down USA today is about celebrity. You may not know anything about anything, and dumb as a rock, but if you are lucky enough to have your name in lights, a promoter, and on TV that gives you a degree of credibility.

We relate worth to pay and compensation when the truth is that worth and compensation are totally disconnected....and as an example are the Wall street bankers, the Hollywood stars and the sports celebrities such as Tiger woods. These people get paid more in a day than many make in a lifetime but they are worth nothing and average Americans bow down to them only because they are rich. It is time for the 2nd French revolution but in America.

[bradkt1]

This is just self-promotion by someone trying to get some attention.

She ain't gonna win.

[pjk12354]

Isn't that what all politicians do?

[noloyalisti]

She would not really fit in with the GOP because they deny their depraved fantasies and desires while sneaking around doing it anyway. She is out of the closet about it.

[tonyatq]

She will fit right in the GOP. Heck they may love for her to be in chambers with them.