« on: December 14, 2009, 05:38:52 PM »
Bart Gordon, who represents TN-6, is the fourth Democrat in the past few weeks from a competitive district to announce they won't run.
Gordon's seat will be a prime target for Republicans. Republican John McCain won the district in the 2008 election with 62% of the vote. Gordon, 60, who was first elected in 1984, ran without a real opponent in 2004 and won with 74%.
The other retirements: Dennis Moore (KS-3), John Tanner (TN-8), and Brian Baird (WA-3).
Democrats have tried to make the argument that these retirements are isolated, but it's growing harder to make that case -- one is isolated, two raises an alarm and three is a trend.
"It’s official: Democrats now have a retirement problem," The National Republican Campaign Committee's Ken Spain proclaimed in an e-mail to reporters. "After being forced to toe the line for Nancy Pelosi’s reckless agenda too many times, Blue Dog Democrats would rather roll over and retire than face the political headwind that is barreling toward them. This is evidence of the fact that the Obama-Pelosi agenda of government takeovers, permanent bailouts, and fewer jobs is taking a political and mental toll even on incumbent Democrats who were once-perceived to be firmly entrenched.â€
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/14/2151558.aspxHasta la vista
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