[EternalVigilance]

Wow. I figured they would have to carry the old communist out of the Senate feet first.

[Principled]

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)isn’t running in 2014.

[VRWCarea51]

Those Iowa boys got plenty of guns. Must be he doesn’t want to be blamed when the storm troopers start “live fire” exercises. He’s gonna go hide when TSHTF

[fieldmarshaldj]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982126/posts

Beat ya to the punch.

[Stosh]

At a minimum, all Democrat office holders should be expected to leave public office when their age exceeds their IQ - I’m glad to see Harkin at least is observing that dictum.

[CORedneck]

It will be good riddance but however, how much worse will the replacement be if a democrat. Look at what was Ted Kennedy’s seat. Now Liz Warren, the fake American Indian who IMHO will be much more worse than Teddy boy.

[Exit148]

Best news of the day!

[Prospero]

hallelujah!

[Ole Okie]

Dung Heap Harkin is leaving?

Miracles never cease!

[Gay State Conservative]

Gee...I hope that Comrade Tom doesn't have some sort of exquisitely painful and universally fatal brain cancer or anything.That would break my friggin heart!

[taildragger]

Harkin, Rockerfeller, Levin and Chambis. A good start IMHO....

[reluctantwarrior]

Who is the youngest yet most Tea party right state rep or state senator that we can get behind on FR right now, today? I’m in Texas and I am willing to send money today to a tea party candidate that an Iowa tea party recommends.

[Gaffer]

I guess he's gonna retire now and reminisce about all those combat fighter missions he flew in Viet Nam..../s

Lying bag of pig squeeze.

[reluctantwarrior]

I just looked on the IOWA GOP site and US Rep Steve King looks pretty good, comments?

[x]

His wife has had some pretty heavy lobbying and corporate connections over the years, so you might wonder if there's some scandal or at least a lot of nest-feathering in the background.

There are already whispers about questionable fund-raising for the Harkin Institute they are setting up at Iowa State.

As for Tom, I imagine he started a folksy anecdote and got stuck in an endless loop and couldn't get out of it, and figured it was time to leave the Senate.

But will he leave Washington, or stick around and go into lobbying?

[EDINVA]

PraiseGod!

So far that’s Ds Harkin and Rockefeller and Chambliss for the Rs?

[DPMD]

Apparently, sitting eternally on top of the federal treasury has finally made him rich enough to stand on his own until death.

[ReformationFan]

Too bad for our nation that he ever sought election to any political office in the first place.

[GBA]

Iowa, please don’t do that to us again.

[vpintheak]

Elect a conservative!

[Bshaw]

Harkin is both old and worthless, and he has been that way for a long time.