Is Michelle B going to retain her congressional seat? She hasn't been at her "job" in like months

[demtenjeep]

heck, I would have already lost my job if I had been absent that much.

[jberryhill]

1. Her district no longer exists

And she may not run in the new district.

She's "running for VP" now, I guess, but I think this may be the end of her.

[demtenjeep]

2. yea

one more loony gone

[JohnnyRingo]

3. I didn't know that.

Does that mean MN is a Democratic led state that redistricted her out of existence?
Can't say I'll miss her and that nasal twang she speaks through.

It's looking like Fox News has a line all the way around the block now of unemployed republicans seeking a job sitting on their well worn asses.

[cyglet]

8. Her district is gerrymandered to the hilt

It's about 100 miles end to end. There's no reason the eastern part (Woodbury) should be part of her district. It's not like most of the Twin Cities area which is blue. It's got high unemployment and foreclosures so comparable to Mississippi (mostly rural too).

I'll bet the farm she ends up as a Fox News parrot.

[dflprincess]

10. Redistricting is going to the courts

Hard to say what will happen to her district which, as pointed out in another post, was the most gerrymandered district after the last redistricting.

We won't know unitl late February what our Congressional districts will look like.

[Stratetalker]

4. Peace

It's probably the first dose of peace and quiet her staff has enjoyed in ages

[glowing]

5. Her and Ron Paul... Oh, and who is running TX while perry is out

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looking like a fool, polling badly, and making TX look like the butt of the Nation again.. I mean they already gave us Dubya, they could have quietly kept this buffoon back home and no one would have been the wiser.

[northoftheborder]

6. You must mean Perry, governor of Texas, ......

[HubertHeaver]

7. Might a well be Romney for as much as we've seen of him

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. The people of her district are complete idiots

They've re-elected a do-nothing twit who openly admits she's done nothing for them.

But as you've seen upthread, they have been gerrymandered out. I'd like to see her try to run against Klobuchar, just to see her trounced.

[99Forever]

16. Excuse me?

Where do you get off calling ME an idiot?

138,544 of us DID NOT vote for that fruitcake. In fact, myself and many other "complete idiots" worked our butts off for Tarryl Clark, but couldn't overcome the rigged game of gerrymandering.

Wanna rephrase that insult?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. The majority are complete idiots

I really can't get better than that, because it still wasn't even close. You should move. Really. Just knowing that many intensely stupid and bigoted people were in my area would be more than I could deal with.

[99Forever]

20. We should move?

Because you didn't bother to read and understand how it is that that the system got rigged to allow the crazy lady to get into Congress?

Really?

I think perhaps you should step back from politics a bit, if you think it's the sole deciding factor as to where a family lives. I really don't "get" where you get off saying something like that. Are you always this angry, insulting and bitter?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. Look, I know it must be tough

Everyday you have to be pleasant to dozens upon dozens of people who voted for that hateful lunatic. Glad you've made the best of it.

I'm sorry you don't "get" it, but yes, I'd make it a point to avoid any district or state that had someone that vile representing them.

[99Forever]

28. Thanks..

.. for the laugh. You were joking, right?

[aptal]

11. Unfortunately this is the case with many Politicians...

Kerry, Mccain, Obama.

And even worse when Presidents are doing it for the second term of their office they spend half their time campaigning .

[ProgressiveEconomist]

12. She now thinks she's Margaret Thatcher,

and IMO does not want to return to what she really is as a Congressperson--BECKY Thatcher!

[lindac007]

13. She's done, stick a fork in her

I think she's gone. Not all of her constituents are idiots. My son, who is fairly conservative and lives in her district wouldn't vote for her, neither would any of his friends. They all think she's an idiot and voted for Tarryl Clark last go around.

Her idiocy was only confirmed by her presidential campaign. The lies she told and the gaffes she made were causes for embarrassment for many in her district. Does anyone really think Romney or anyone else would really pick her for VP? Of course, we do have Sarah Palin, thanks to McCain. So, who knows?????

[lpbk2713]

14. I've thought about this too.

Seems like every time I would read about her she would be anywhere but her home state.

The people who elected her certainly did not get what they paid for.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. IOKIYAR

Not being at your job or not doing your job (obstruction) is o.k. if you're a Republican. The rest of us don't get paid (and don't usually get to keep our job) if we don't show up for work and/or do our job.

[tammywammy]

18. Is Giffords? n/t

[JHB]

22. Exactly. I'm willing to cut MB some slack here...

...it's not like she doesn't use it up elsewhere.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Apples and oranges.

Giffords is out because she is recovering from being shot in the head. Bachmann and Paul are out because they are trying to advance their political careers. To equate their absence with Giffords' is ridiculous. It suggests that people who take time off because they are injured or sick should lose their jobs.

I'd be willing to cut Bachmann and Paul some slack if the repugs would refrain from condemning Democrats for doing the same. They continue to blast President Obama for "campaigning instead of doing is job". They did the same with John Kerry,as well, IIRC. Apparently, only they, and not Democrats are allowed to campaign for other offices while seated in their current office.

[demtenjeep]

26. oh my.

thank you for your explaination

[Saving Hawaii]

21. Must be nice being in Congress.

Shoot. One of our local representatives only nominally lives in his district. He's registered in the house he uses while he's in the state capitol. His nicer pad down in SoCal... that's apparently a vacation home. Must be nice having a family that's on vacation 365 days a year.