More on this here:

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/griffiths-bait-and-switch.html

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@MataHarley:

And…….. WEXLER D-Fl is retiring January 3rd….hooray! hooray! good riddance! That Florida district will have an election four months later, knocks another vote off Pelosi’s slim margin for healthcare.

Abercrombie is also retiring to run for Hawaii gov., he’s going to hang around long enough to vote on Healthscare though.

Picked up these little blurbs in a column..”Don’t Expect the House To Kill the Senate Bill, posted below. I didn’t agree with the author’s reasoning, I think it is entirely possible that the pro-abortion, pro public option reps will be angry enough to vote no. Might be enough of them that are beholden to nutroot blogs, Jane Hamsher(FireDogLake) was mad enough to appear on FOX today promoting her anti-healthcare petition.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/22/dont_expect_the_house_to_kill_the_senate_bill_99635.html

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@aye chihuahua

absolutamente!

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I have always been opposed to elected officials switching parties in mid-stream.

You either “dance with the ones who brung ya’” or resign from office, change parties, and then run again.

Let the voters have a choice about whether they like you better as a Rep or as a Dim.

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This will not save his seat.

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@MataHarley: So far I count four Dem retirements:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/72051-rep-gordon-is-fourth-dem-retirement

Interesting thing is that most of these aren’t from the list of endangered Dem districts.

I’ve been sitting on a comprehensive post on this subject. It might make a good New Year’s present!

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Per Rich Lowry at NRO today, there’s three Dem House Reps who’ve announced their retirements… Reps. Bart Gordon (D., Tenn.), Dennis Moore (D., Kan.), and John Tanner (D., Tenn.) Good opportunities for GOP pick up in TN for sure, Mike.

In Phillie, Rep. Patrick Murphy has four GOP opponents already. Hopefully there’s a “conservative” in the mix there.

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I was wondering when this was going to happen. There are quite a few vulnerable House Dems who better switch now or be prepared to get out in 2010.

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