11/24: Are Democrats Exiting the Sinking Ship?
Posted by Editor on November 24, 2009 · 2 Comments
Michael Barone: Comes the news that Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore of the 3rd district of Kansas is not running for reelection. Interesting. Congressman Moore was reelected by a 56%-40% margin in 2008, and Barack Obama carried his district 51%-48%, while losing the other three congressional districts in Kansas.
There could be many plausible reasons for Moore to retire from Congress. He turns 65 in 2010 and at the end of his term will have served 12 years in Congress. He served 12 years as Johnson County District Attorney in 1976-88, and so he’s devoted more than half his working lifetime to public service. Serving in Congress means having to go back and forth between your district and Washington all the time (and a quick look at a travel website shows only two flights per day between Reagan National and Kansas City International), constantly being reachable by your constituents, etc., etc.
You wish they were.
It will be a wipeout in 2010, thank you 912 Project for splitting off your small chunk of wakkos from the GOP to make it possible!
How do you write about a single Democratic retiring and get a headline like, “Democrats exiting sinking ship”? How many Republicans are retiring? Are they jumping ship too?