Drive, Don't Vote the "Ripe" Right Wing Incumbents Out of Congress

[babylonsister]

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Drive, Don't Vote the "Ripe" Right Wing Incumbents Out of Congress

by Rob Kall

It's time to target the right wing incumbents who are ready to "fall off the vine" and retire-- to make them so miserable in their job, that they don't want to come back, that they'd rather sign up for a cush job in the private sector instead..

It's already begun. Denny Hastert is quitting. Deborah Pryce is quitting. Charles "Chip" Pickering is retiring. Virginia Senator John Warner, 80 years old, is considering retiring.

Do you think a pattern is developing here. It's a whole different way to make a living when you're a minority member of the congress. Lobbyists don't treat you the same, especially since the ethics rules have changed.

Think of all the Republicans who WERE committee chairs, who USED TO wield incredible power, who are now relegated to observer status, forced to accept the gavels of the Dems who they used to rule over. They have to watch as the Dems make policy.

Then they go home to a diminishing base. They look at the Dems reeling in a LOT more money. They are stuck supporting a war, giving lip service to supporting a war that it is hard for anyone to rationally get enthusiastically behind.

How many more right wingers do you think are teetering on the edge, thinking that now is the time to call an end to their career in congress. I wonder how many are already feeling that going another two years in the minority is not going to be fun, is even going to be worse, as the Dems pick up an even stronger majority.

Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer, Harry Reid, Rahm Emanuel, Chuck Schumer, are you listening? It seems that you have, probably dozens of incumbent right wingers who are not exactly enthusiastic about coming back to work in 2009, not looking forward to taking minority positions on committees, not enthusiastically expecting to cruise to victory in states or districts which they used to take for granted. They are going to have to fight tougher and hard, raise more money than they have in years.

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[BlackHawk706867]

1. The problem that I really have though is... Will we make it to...

November 2008 and the supposed next election before being faced with some sort of calamity that will preempt the election? ie: Another 9/11, Attacks on Iran, etc.

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[babylonsister]

3. No one knows the answer to that, so we just won't worry about it.

That's like worrying about dying; it's going to happen eventually, I'm afraid, but not necessarily before the elections, and there's not a whole lot anyone can or will do in any case.
Go look at the Zen pics from the photog group! ;)

[Sedona]

2. Let's put tricky Ricky Renzi at the top of the list!

http://www.commonblog.com/story/2007/8/3/17152/47986