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Byron Dorgan: "I Will Not Be Seeking Another Term In The U.S. Senate" (Statement)
hotairpundit ^ | 1/5/09 | HAP

Posted on 01/05/2010 3:22:36 PM PST by Talkradio03

Dems minus 1 more...Statement from Byron Dorgan, who will not seek re-election...

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1 posted on 01/05/2010 3:22:37 PM PST by Talkradio03
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To: Talkradio03; Liz; STARWISE; maggief; onyx; Bahbah

Must not have gotten the money he wanted. Wonder if he’ll now vote with the republicans against the bills.


2 posted on 01/05/2010 3:28:26 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: Talkradio03
Rather nice of this worthless @sshole to contribute to the destruction of our Republic before departing office.
3 posted on 01/05/2010 3:28:36 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Talkradio03

The National Republican Senatorial Committee perhaps simply complains, “Arrgh... additional job for us!” instead of viewing this as another opportunity to flip the seat for them.


4 posted on 01/05/2010 3:29:00 PM PST by paudio (Road to hell is paved by unintended consequences of good intentions)
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To: hoosiermama

This is stunning news. I don’t think any of the pundits saw it coming. Maybe Dorgan knew he would be facing a real challenge for a change. In any case this is one seat that really ought to be going Republican.


5 posted on 01/05/2010 3:29:28 PM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Talkradio03

This is GREAT!

I will write him a letter, congratulating him on the success of his consistent support for the murder of 52 million babies.


6 posted on 01/05/2010 3:29:28 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Talkradio03
We need to get the economic engine restarted and put people back to work. We need to reform our financial system to make sure that which happened to cause this deep recession will not happen again. And we need to get our fiscal and budget policies under control. The federal budget deficits are not sustainable. “But even as we face all of these difficult issues, I am convinced that our country will rise to the challenge.

Translation: Things are going to get very ugly and I don't want to be expected to find a way out of the mess I helped create.

7 posted on 01/05/2010 3:31:27 PM PST by Starboard
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How many Dems in the House and Senate does this make now not running for re-election?


8 posted on 01/05/2010 3:32:30 PM PST by Britt0n
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To: Talkradio03
"Byron Dorgan: "I Will Not Be Seeking Another Term In The U.S. Senate" (Statement)

Translation: "After voting for Obamacare I got a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection..."

9 posted on 01/05/2010 3:33:07 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: Britt0n

Or switching parties?


10 posted on 01/05/2010 3:33:27 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: Talkradio03

Great! Now if Dorgan will just retire to a hunting cabin out in the middle of North Dakota and NOT propagandize or “serve” in any other way, he will have done all he can to atone for his many years of “service”.


11 posted on 01/05/2010 3:34:09 PM PST by JohnQ1 ("(BHO) can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - A Lincoln)
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To: hoosiermama

I doubt he’ll vote with our side on anything, but I will be very glad to see him go. I think this is very telling about the atmosphere politically.


12 posted on 01/05/2010 3:34:12 PM PST by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: Talkradio03

Meanwhile in Michigan.....

Lt. Gov. John Cherry ended his sputtering Democratic campaign for governor, saying he was unable to raise the money he needed.


13 posted on 01/05/2010 3:34:26 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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http://dorgan.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=321266

DORGAN STATEMENT ON HEALTH REFORM LEGISLATION

Thursday, December 24, 2009

CONTACT: Justin Kitsch
or Brenden Timpe
PHONE: 202-224-2551

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the health reform bill today:

“The health care reform bill we are considering today in the United States Senate merited my support because it is a fiscally responsible bill that will expand health care coverage to tens of millions of Americans who are currently uninsured, reduce health care costs for families and small businesses, and strengthen our health care system in rural America.

“While I recognize that this is a very controversial issue, I believe that the status quo is unsustainable. Our country spends nearly twice as much on health care as most other countries in the world. And the cost of health care and its claim on our economy is increasing every single year.

“There are some tens of millions of Americans who are not covered with health insurance and whose health care costs are then transferred to the rest of the American people to pay. It’s estimated that those with insurance pay, on average, $1,000 per year in a hidden tax to cover the uncompensated care given to those who don’t now have health insurance.

“So, I think it is important for us to try to put the brakes on increasing health care costs, and also to extend health care coverage to those who now don’t have it.

“I told citizens of North Dakota that I would not support a government take-over of health care. This legislation is not a government takeover. I have said that I would not support public funding for abortion. This legislation does not provide public funding for abortion. I have promised that I would not support legislation that provides health care for illegal immigrants. This legislation does not.

(snip)

14 posted on 01/05/2010 3:34:55 PM PST by maggief
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15 posted on 01/05/2010 3:35:10 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Talkradio03

Translation: He was promised that he could parachute into some sort of lucrative post-legislative position, and he wants to collect on it while Obama and his flying monkeys are still in a position to deliver it.


16 posted on 01/05/2010 3:36:34 PM PST by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: Talkradio03

Good riddance to bad rubbish!


17 posted on 01/05/2010 3:37:00 PM PST by airborne (S. S. D. Y.)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

My thoughts exactly!


18 posted on 01/05/2010 3:37:52 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Talkradio03

If they aren’t at ground temperature, they are still a threat to freedom and liberty...


19 posted on 01/05/2010 3:38:19 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: SuperLuminal

“ground temperature”

I like that. Unlike “room temperature”, this expression means that the miscreant is IN the ground, his power of evil forever crushed out of existence.

And no, I don’t believe in zombies or Jason in his hockey mask.

But Dorgan, Kennedy or Lautenberg, they truly frighten me.

:^(


20 posted on 01/05/2010 3:46:03 PM PST by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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