Former Comptroller General Eyes Connecticut Senate Seat

Former U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker is thinking seriously about running for retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman’s seat in Connecticut, according to several sources.

Walker, who served as Comptroller General and as head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a decade under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush before leaving public service in 2008 to serve as CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, is seriously considering running as a Republican. He’s currently registered as an independent.

As one of the few public officials to predict the current economic crisis, Walker isn’t expected to have an easy path to the Republican nomination, especially since former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, the party’s nominee in 2010, is also thinking of running for Lieberman’s seat.

The deep-pocketed McMahon reportedly spent $50 million of her own fortune in losing to Richard Blumenthal.

Walker, who lives in Bridgeport, currently serves as the founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative, a non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility.