BREAKING: Cong. Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) won't run for re-election...

[brooklynite]

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[lagomorph777]

1. He's a RePutin. Another one bites the dust.

It appears that elections have consequences.

So sad for the Congressman. Perhaps he could console himself with a good latte.

[marybourg]

2. GOP

[Sneederbunk]

3. Can see writing on the wall writ large.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Repub rats leaving the sinking ship...

[lagomorph777]

8. SS Trumptanic

[MelissaB]

5. More, I want more!!!

[Madam45for2923]

6. I hope the same for me here in NY19

[njhoneybadger]

7. We can and we will win back the house!

only 12 months away

[Va Lefty]

9. My congress critter!! Truly a horrid man.

[LexVegas]

12. I can't believe it. He's been there since I was in college. nt

[Va Lefty]

14. Yeah I think gop rules say he must step down as chairman of Judiciary Committee

That probably had as much to do with this as Tuesday.

[gratuitous]

16. I had a friend who lived in his district for a while

A far better person than me, he actually tried to engage Rep. Goodlatte and wrote to him fairly regularly. He came out to Oregon for a visit and to photograph some of the remaining old growth forest that Goodlatte wanted to turn into pressboard and toilet paper. We went on a hike to Rowena Falls and he took some shots with me in them for scale. Somewhere in Goodlatte's papers is probably a photo or two of me.

No, I wasn't flipping the bird. Dang.

[awesomerwb1]

10. Motivation to donate and volunteer!

we definitely CAN take our country back.

But remember the other side will work even harder to keep control by gerrymandering, voter suppression, russian disinformation bots and paid puppets.

[LexVegas]

11. This is unreal. That guy has been here since I was in college. nt

[MineralMan]

13. They're Fleein' the Interview

Getting out while they can. Seeking new opportunities. Spending more time with their families.

Oh, wait...they're just afraid of losing... Never mind. Buncha quitters!

[gratuitous]

17. Any word on whether his family wants to spend more time with him?

Boy, that subject line just never gets a rest.

[bellmartin]

19. Right after snapping, "Ah, what the Christ!"

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. That was fast. Less than 48 hours after the election. n/t

[malaise]

20. Fast and Huge - he's House Judiciary Chairman

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/bob-goodlatte-retiring/index.html
<snip>
Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the House judiciary committee, announced he won't run for re-election on Thursday, just two days after the stunning defeat by GOP candidates in statewide and local contests his home state.
In a written statement, Goodlatte said he and his wife discussed the 2018 midterm election and his time as chairman coming to an end next year was a factor.

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Things must be really bad. That is a deep red area.

[Ilsa]

21. I wonder how hard it will be to find

A gop trump man to run for his job?

[Corvo Bianco]

23. With mounting evidence that Trump is a cancer, the quality threshold for GOP congressional

candidates will go lower and lower (Is it possible? It is!)

GOP's going to be running the Bannon's swastika crop by this time next year.

[Brother Buzz]

22. I'm may be spitballing here...

But I believe Goodlatte's decision to retire has little to do with the Va election results, and more to do with his chairmanship on the House Judiciary Committee. He knows what is coming down the pike and is getting out of Dodge before it blows up.