CNN iReport

Do you feel he is qualified to run for President in 2012?

Does Lou Dobbs deserve your vote in 2012?

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Former CNN television personality Lou

Dobbs has said in recent days he is

considering running for public office, and

this morning he suggested he would

consider a run for the highest office in the

country.

"What's so crazy about that?" Dobbs

responded when an anchor with

Washington's WTOP radio station laughed

about the possibility of Dobbs running for

president in 2012. Politico's Glenn Thrush

has a recording of the radio interview.

Dobbs said that he has had discussions about it and that he is, for the first time, "actually listening to

people about politics."

"I don't think I've got the nature for it, but... we've got to do something in this country," Dobbs said. "I

think that being in the public arena means you've got to be part of the solution."

Dobbs added that he is reaching out to Latino groups, the Chamber of Commerce and "all of the groups

with whom I have been in an ongoing debate... to try to bridge some of these conflicts and try to create

solutions."

Latino groups have long charged that Dobbs' show on CNN was racist in its emphasis on illegal

immigration and cheered his departure from CNN.

Dobbs earlier revealed he is considering a Senate run in New Jersey.

(CBS/The Early Show)