AR's Snyder Retires

National Journal ^ | 1/15/2010 | Tim Sahd

[Palmetto Patriot]

Vulnerable Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR) announced today he won't run for re-election to his Little Rock-based CD. "I have concluded that these election-year forces are no match for the persuasive and powerful attraction of our three one-year old boys under the leadership of their three-year old brother, and I have decided not to run for re-election," Snyder wrote in a statement tonight.

[Palmetto Patriot]

And another one gone, another one bites the dust.

[genghis]

awesome news!!!
if brown wins- we are going to see a lot more of this.
The only good democrat is a dead democrat.

[DM1]

Is there an R opponent in this race?

[GOPsterinMA]

AMEN BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Palmetto Patriot]

“Snyder faced difficult re-election prospects. The GOP frontrunner, ex-U.S. Atty Tim Griffin (R), has managed to put together two strong fundraising qtrs. Snyder, meanwhile, doesn’t raise money in the off-year, and only had $7K in the bank at the end of ‘09. He would’ve spent much of the early part of ‘10 playing catch-up to Griffin.”

[Overtaxed Patriot]

Even a Rat knows when to jump off a sinking ship.

[FrankR]

City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level

1. Detroit , MI 32.5%
2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%
3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%
4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%
5. Miami , FL 26.9%
5. St.. Louis , MO 26.8%
7. El Paso , TX 26.4%
8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2%
9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1%
10. Newark , NJ 24.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit , MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;

Buffalo , NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;

Cincinnati , OH - (3rd)...since 1984;

Cleveland , OH - (4th).....since 1989;

Miami , FL - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;

St. Louis , MO - (6th)....since 1949;

El Paso , TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;

Milwaukee , WI - (8th)....since 1908;

Philadelphia , PA - (9th)...since 1952;

Newark , NJ - (10th)....since 1907.


Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'.

It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still POOR

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln