Top 11 Reasons Mike Ciresi Dropped Out of the Senate Race

11. Try as he might, he couldn’t dig up any dirt on Al Franken

10. He heard RT Rybak was about to endorse him

9. Didn't want to stand in the way of a visionary like Jack Nelson-Palmeyer

8. While he was still enthusiastic about taxing, spending no longer brought the joy it once did

7. Franken offered him a role in his next film “Stuart Sues his Family”

6. Figures he can make more money off a class action lawsuit against Franken for worker's comp violations

5. He is starting a new comedy team with Tom Davis

4. Realized he would have to spend a couple of hours with Franken every time they debated

3. If he lost a primary to that clown, his friends would never let him hear the end of it

2. Franken promised him that if he dropped out, he wouldn’t publish his next book, “Mike Ciresi is a Big Fat Lying Liar who is Against Change”

1. Realized that he can't compete with someone funded by Ben Stein