Posted on 04/05/2012 7:53:31 PM PDT by deek69
Veteran Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson intends to drop his bid for a seventh term and retire, a Republican official said Wednesday. Johnson was expected to make a public announcement of his decision Thursday, said the official, who spoke directly with Johnson but would confirm the decision only on condition of anonymity in order not to pre-empt the congressman's formal announcement.
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Number of 2009 roll-call votes from which Rep. Johnson was absent: 76
The leak must have come from Romney’s camp.
this has been in the local illinois papers for a couple of days already.
Orders from the Combine?
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