A McCotter candidacy: Your thoughts

As diverse as the media's response has been to the potential candidacy of Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, your responses on Twitter and Facebook were even more varied.

Many didn't know McCotter very well or found him to be an unappetizing candidate, and wrote responses like, "Who?" or "yawn." or "Is this a joke?"

Mary Himmelspach Bennett said, "He's an out of touch knucklehead and he's also very hard to look at!"

A number of you thought that this might be a setup maneuver, and that McCotter might not be famous enough yet to secure the nomination for 2012 but that his chances in the future might be better if he ran this time.

Weston Lindberg said: "Seems like he's probably setting himself up for 2016. McCotter doesn't yet have the name recognition to win."

Some people mentioned why they liked McCotter, either for specific policy stances, speeches, or the fact that he represented their district.

Karen Richards said, "gave the best speech in support of the auto loans, even gave a shout out to Dingell."

Josh Amato said, "It's kinda cool having my rep. run. He's a nice enough guy who knows what he's talking about, even if I don't agree with him on a lot of issues. I don't think he'll get very far at all, though."

McCotter is expected to announce his candidacy in the Republican presidential primary this Saturday.

-Brian Short, Michigan Radio Newsroom