Nasty nasty Dems in that district. One of the most vicious elections I have seen...although WNY has more than its share.
Kuhl is a pretty reliable Conservative—hope he sticks it out.
It sounds like he is reading the tea leaves and doesn’t want to expend time and resources in fighting a losing battle against the coming ‘Rat tidal wave.
He is anticipating, perhaps wrongly, that Obama will have long coattails. Of course, he knows his district, and for a Congressman, the coattails only have to reach one district, yours.