Rep. Allen West To Switch Districts For Re-Election Campaign

[RandySF]

Rep. Allen West (R-FL), the freshman Congressman and hero of the tea party, announced on Tuesday that he will seek re-election in a different district this year.

West will shift to Florida’s 18th district, which was freed up by Rep. Tom Rooney’s ® decision to run in the 17th district.

The 22nd district, where West won in 2010, was made far more favorable to Democrats under a new redistricting plan that was released last week.


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/4937

[liberal N proud]

1. Why in the hell is this allowed?

That is criminal

[RandySF]

4. It's perfectly legal.

The Constitution only requires that they live in state for which they are running.

[liberal N proud]

7. It should be illegal

At best it is completely unjust to the constitutes.

[Tx4obama]

2. 'Tea Party 10' Targeted In Multimillion Dollar Campaign By Liberal Super PAC

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12516665

p.s. Allen West is on the LIST

[KamaAina]

3. I hear Mars-03 is wide open

[JBoy]

5. Sounds like "cut and run" to me.

[11 Bravo]

6. Run Away! Run Away! Brave Sir Allen!

As near as I can tell this "war hero" is a candy ass jerk-off whose sole claim to fame is that, in violation of the UCMJ, he fired his weapon next to the head of a captive who was fully restrained; an action for which he was cashiered. What a man!

[banned from Kos]

9. "cashiered" -- please define for us civilians

thank you

[11 Bravo]

10. Generally it means relieved of command. West was actually fined $5000, and allowed to retire ...

but no one who knows anything about the military doesn't realize that West knew his career was over, so he quit when the quitting was good.

[Scuba]

8. Could there be two districts of insane people in Florida?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. Allen "Cut-and-run" West

can't win the fight at home, so he flees to another part of the state