« on: March 05, 2011, 04:50:42 PM »
Yup--the 'Rats are leaving the Obamessiah's ship.
Democratic senators ditch 2012 runs
By JONATHAN ALLEN & MANU RAJU | 3/3/11 8:36 PM EST Updated: 3/5/11 11:33 AM EST
Five senators from the Democratic side of the aisle have already decided to hang ’em up after this term. Each has his own reasons, but it mostly boils down to this: For some senators, a job in the “most exclusive club†is not worth the hassle anymore.
“It’s about campaigns,†Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a retiring member of the Democratic Caucus, told POLITICO. “It’s about both the unremitting — that’s a bad word to use — about the constant pressure to raise money and travel all over the country doing that and the nastiness of the campaign. ... I have no second thoughts about it.â€
Lieberman, who lost a 2006 Democratic primary only to win in the general election as an independent, faced a tough path to win reelection. And he’s 69. Democrats could well lose the Senate in 2012 anyway, meaning he would lose his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
“At least I’m not having to travel around the country raising money and being involved in a political back-and-forth of a campaign,†adds North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, who says he’d rather work to curtail the deficit than face another tough run in a conservative state.
Democratic officials say the early retirement announcements reflect a successful push by Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray of Washington to guard against devastating last-minute surprises by pressing senators to decide sooner rather than later whether they’ll run.
Yup--them leaving, and throwing those seats to the Republicans, is what goes for
success in Democrat circles.
The rest of the article is here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50642.html#ixzz1Flh4KXIb
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