House Republicans approach record departures

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — In the last week of January, five members of Congress joined the hottest demographic group on Capitol Hill: Republicans who are heading for the exits.

Reps. Tom Davis of Virginia, Kenny Hulshof of Missouri, Ron Lewis of Kentucky, Dave Weldon of Florida and James Walsh of New York are among 25 Republican members of the House of Representatives who've announced their resignations or retirements. The party is closing in quickly on its record of 27 House retirements, set in 1952.

Hulshof is running for governor; the others are retiring.

"It's become an epidemic," said David Johnson, a Republican consultant and strategist based in Atlanta.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/27125.html

[Earth_First]

1. They see the writing on the wall...

That the * mis-administration has reduced any sort of Republican tenure in Washington has been destroyed for a decade or more.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

2. The Gingrich revolution is OVER.

[mikelgb]

3. thank spaghetti monster! I hate Davis

[Historic NY]

4. I say the more the merrier, its going to be awfully hard for them..

to fill all those seats and defend the ones already being challenged. We should fund a goodbye party.

[santamargarita]

5. Get Rid of All the Bastards

My advise: DON'T LET LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE ASS - GET OUT!

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. They'll do just as much damage in the private sector.

They're predators, and wherever they end up, will translate to misery for those who live around them.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Which is the party of cut-and-run again?

I can never keep that straight.

And with all those LTTEs a few years back saying "the Democrats are running scared!" :mad: Well, now who is?

[focusfan]

7. don't it sound fishy how there all resigning????

maybe there resigning or retiring before some scandal comes
out

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. The scandal is how poorly they legislated.

[silvershadow]

10. Maybe Larry Flynt had the goods on them all. n/t

[Deny and Shred]

9. It's easier to be hired as a lobbyist or consultant

as a serving Congressman. They would lose out on big private sectors salaries if they wait.

[VP505]

11. Figures, that since

they know that they won't be making the rules they are taking their toys and going home, all I can say is bu buy a-holes.:applause:

[DFW]

12. Two hundred more of them wouldn't break my heart.

[krispos42]

13. Quick! Somebody get the teenie-tiny life vests!

[AllyCat]

14. That's a good start. Of course, we have DINOs to replace them

unless we all get cracking and use this opportunity to get REAL progressives elected to Congress.

Big opportunity here folks!!

I only wish Herb Kohl's name was on the list. He's not a great Dem and never has a real challenger (either Dem or Repuke). Feingold always has someone trying to challenge him (unsuccessfully, of course).

[bvar22]

15. Ater 8 years of "Smash & Grab Global Looting"

the crooks are heading for their hideouts with posh Lobbying Firms.

I wish the Democratic Party had the balls to Go After the Republican looters, but unfortunately, as 2006 Democratic "earmarks" proved, they are more interested in grabbing all they can for themselves and their BIG MONEY sponsors.

:(