Posted on 01/01/2010 7:44:30 AM PST by Clintonfatigued
Democrats have lost yet another touted recruit, this time in Kansas.
State Sen. Laura Kelly (D) just announced her withdrawal from the race to face Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.). She becomes the fifth formidable recruit to bow out in recent weeks.
“I have been forced to make a decision between honoring the pledge I made to the people in my Senate district and my firm conviction that the people of the 2nd congressional district deserve a truly independent voice in Congress," Kelly said in a statement.
“This has been a very hard decision, but it is the right one.”
Kelly joins several recent dropouts, including businessman Jack McDonald, a well-funded challenger to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) who announced last week that he wouldn't run. The others are Ohio state Rep. Todd Book, who was running against Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio); former Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula Flowers, who was running for Rep. Zach Wamp's (R-Tenn.) seat; and Solana Beach City Councilman Dave Roberts, who was running against Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.).
Both McDonald and Kelly were cited in a late October memo from DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) that touted the committee's recruiting successes.
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I wish we would. They need to be made accountable.
RAT incumbents would be wise to head for the hills rather than be disgraced. They earned every shred of disgrace that WILL be heaped upon their anti-American rears.
The tsunami is rolling and We The People are mad as hell! Our proud history never took kindly to treason. It won’t now either.
Good new. But I don’t think rat wins in any of those seats are likely this year (no more ‘next year’) anyway.
With the possible exception of Bilbray in California.
For Lynn Jenkins in Kansas the question is will she have a more conservative primary challenger. She has more to fear from that than the rat.
Sorry for the late reply. Powell and Rangel’s former Chief of Staff are going to challenge him for the 2010 Dem nomination, sorry I didn’t make that clear.
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