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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 11:47 AM Sep 2017

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Another swing district Republican bails out...

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Another swing district Republican bails out... (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2017 OP

What's the benefit to him ? Financial ? OnDoutside Sep 2017 #1

Fron Freep.com, hometown paper sez "spend time with family" irisblue Sep 2017 #6

Any word on whether his family wants to spend more time with him? gratuitous Sep 2017 #7

LOL! irisblue Sep 2017 #8

"Just kidding, they probably don't." yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2017 #9

Great news. awesomerwb1 Sep 2017 #2

The more GOP Representatives fro swing districts that retire, the merrier. Lee Adama Sep 2017 #3

Preemptive retirements are often an early sign of a wave election. Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #4

That's really good news. berni_mccoy Sep 2017 #5

The district is slightly Republican. Jim Lane Sep 2017 #10

OnDoutside

(20,868 posts)

1. What's the benefit to him ? Financial ?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 11:54 AM

Sep 2017

irisblue

(37,926 posts)

6. Fron Freep.com, hometown paper sez "spend time with family"

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 01:57 PM

Sep 2017

not a very long article there.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

7. Any word on whether his family wants to spend more time with him?

Reply to irisblue (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 02:04 PM

Sep 2017

Just kidding, they probably don't.

irisblue

(37,926 posts)

8. LOL!

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 02:06 PM

Sep 2017

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,947 posts)

9. "Just kidding, they probably don't."

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 02:34 PM

Sep 2017

When he was a kid his dad had to tie a pork chop around his neck so the family dog, would play with him.

awesomerwb1

(5,153 posts)

2. Great news.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 12:04 PM

Sep 2017

Now hopefully we're smart and we get a good candidate who can win in that district.

Lee Adama

(90 posts)

3. The more GOP Representatives fro swing districts that retire, the merrier.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 12:15 PM

Sep 2017

Bleacher Creature

(11,504 posts)

4. Preemptive retirements are often an early sign of a wave election.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 12:35 PM

Sep 2017

It's still WAY too early to predict anything that will happen in November 2018, but this is a great sign.

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

5. That's really good news.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 01:51 PM

Sep 2017

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

10. The district is slightly Republican.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 01:44 AM

Sep 2017

Romney and Trump each carried the district, but each by only five percentage points. Our chances obviously improve when the Republican candidate won't have the advantage of incumbency.

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