Posted on 10/03/2007 2:21:19 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
Just breaking on CNN. Domenici is supposed to announce his retirement tomorrow.
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There goes an R senatorial seat.
Unfortunately, this will probably mean that Richardson will run for the seat after he gets knocked out of the Presidential nomination.
$hit. Bad news.
Good, fricking dinosaur. Hopefully more Senators will leave and the GOP will get some new fresh conservatives in there.
oh marvelous
Bear in mind this is a CNN breaking news-type thing. It isn’t confirmed.
Maybe a filibuster proof majority for Hillary isn’t so far fetched.
Confirmed locally in NM.
I wonder if Richardson can run for VP and the US Senate at the same time in New Mexico?
Yup. And he will win.
When these older guys get out of the chairmanships and out of the majority after having had it for a while the reasons for hanging on in office during their 70s starts to disappear. We saw it with Democrats in the previous 15 years and now we are seeing it with the Republicans.
This is another good reason why Bush getting involved to re-elect Specter was so damn stupid. You have to have the new leadership as it arises...you can’t wait.
No. Richardson will be Hillary’s running mate, and he can’t run for both offices. This will be the opportunity for the other Udall to run along with his cousin in Colorado. Frankly, the only name I can think of with viability for the GOP will be former Gov. Gary Johnson. Heather Wilson is too damaged.
Ask Joe Lieberman.
WaPo confirmed.
He won’t get the VP shot either. He has already done enough damage to himself that he is no longer a hot commodity.
JBJ did it is Texas in 1960 and Bentson did it in 1988.
Joe did it in CT in 2000.
We did not need this now. He has no groomed successor. If Heather Wilson runs for it, we’ll lose her seat, and we’ll be down to only 1 federal Republican in NM.
He’s a Clinton insider, they don’t trust anyone else.
Unless somewhat libertarian Governor Gary Johnson runs
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