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Jim Webb (D-VA) not seeking re-election
New York Times ^ | Feb. 9, 2011 | Michael D. Shear

Posted on 02/09/2011 2:35:01 PM PST by 84rules

In a statement, Mr. Webb said that he had “decided to return to the private sector, where I have spent most of my professional life, and will not seek ...

(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: allen2012; bloggersandpersonal; democrat; georgeallen; jimwebb; oldnews; senate; va2012; virginia; webb
One down, one to go. I suspect that Mister Webb knew that he could not overcome the disparity between what he promised in 2006 and what his actual voting record was over the past five years.
1 posted on 02/09/2011 2:35:08 PM PST by 84rules
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To: 84rules

Back to porn novels melon head.

2 posted on 02/09/2011 2:38:14 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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Don’t know about his porn novels, but ‘Fields Of Fire’ was a fine book.


3 posted on 02/09/2011 2:44:24 PM PST by Stevenc131
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To: 84rules

....the polling data is in and....it’s not good....


4 posted on 02/09/2011 2:57:05 PM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: 84rules

DiLorenzo On Marine Webb...

http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/james-webbs-fight-against-political-correctness-by-thomas-dilorenzo/

Semper Fidelis
***** ***** *****


5 posted on 02/09/2011 2:59:26 PM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: 84rules

AMF


6 posted on 02/09/2011 3:11:06 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 84rules

he knew he was going to lose in 2012 and chose not to fight that battle. Fair enough. We’re gonna take the senate but let’s not start getting cocky about it.


7 posted on 02/09/2011 3:33:40 PM PST by RC one
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To: RC one

Webb read the tea leaves and knew he was toast.


8 posted on 02/09/2011 3:47:47 PM PST by Plumres
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To: RC one

Webb read the tea leaves and knew he was toast.


9 posted on 02/09/2011 3:47:59 PM PST by Plumres
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To: Stevenc131

I read “Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America” by Webb before he came out of the Dem closet and thought it was a very good book. I was saddened when I found out he was tainted...

Yep, got a little Scots-Irish in me but the really hardheadedness comes via Germany...

BTW,hardheadedness was a spell checker choice; must be a lot of us...


10 posted on 02/09/2011 4:31:00 PM PST by CenTex (My ammunition pile is growing... Hand loading is helping...)
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To: 84rules

Can we start calling “the private sector” “the real word” instead?


11 posted on 02/09/2011 6:29:07 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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