former Governor Fife Symington considering running in the GOP primary against Jan Brewer

As Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard prepares for his third run for governor, his old nemesis is considering doing likewise.

Can you say, J. Fife Symington III for governor?

Symington, who governed the state from 1991 to 1997 before legal troubles forced him from office, told The Arizona Republic on Friday that he's "thinking seriously" about running for governor once more in 2010.

The Democrat Goddard and Republican Symington faced off in a political classic in 1990, with Symington topping Goddard in a general election so close that a runoff was required. Four years later, both men again ran for governor. That time, Goddard was defeated in the Democratic primary by Eddie Basha, and Symington went on to win re-election.

Symington reasserted himself on the political scene in recent months with his vocal opposition to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal to temporarily increase the state sales tax. Reached Friday by The Republic in Santa Barbara, Calif., Symington said that the tax issue, poor economy and the state's general dysfunction in dealing with the budget have all led him to seriously ponder another run at the Governor's Office.

"I'm really upset about what's happening," Symington said. "We're going to get ourselves in a lot of trouble. I don't think we're pursuing the right ways to get ourselves out of trouble.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/09/12/20090912fife0912.html

and that's why Clinton pardoned him.

"During their college years (Symington at Harvard and Clinton at Georgetown), Clinton got caught in a strong tide and Symington rescued Clinton from a near drowning."

"Symington saved Clinton at a beach party in Massachusetts, when young Bill was being pulled away by a strong tide."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/archive/junkie012601.htm

I hope he runs, and loses, but returns to Arizona.

just how crooked he was.