Jim Moran to announce retirement

Politico ^ | 1/15/2014 | JAKE SHERMAN

[markomalley]

Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran will retire after 23 years in the House, according to multiple Democratic sources.

The retirement is the third for Democrats this week: on Monday, Rep. George Miller (Calif.) said he would leave Congress after 40 years and Rep. Bill Owens (N.Y.) announced Tuesday he would forgo re-election in 2014.

Moran’s northern Virginia seat is heavily Democratic, and is unlikely to be competitive in November: President Barack Obama won 68 percent of the vote in both 2012 and 2008, and Moran coasted with 65 percent of the vote in 2012. The Democratic primary is expected to be competitive, though, since Moran has had a hold on the district since 1991.

Moran, a longtime former Alexandria, Va., city official, is expected to make the announcement Wednesday morning, according to party sources.

[markomalley]

Just heard this announced on WMAL.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Is he an idiot or somewhat reasonable?

[newfreep]

A true traitor!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Moron? He’s leaving?

[Paladin2]

Isn’t this the guy with a seriesly misspelled last name?

[Luke21]

Great week for freedom.

[skeeter]

Good. Now go rot & save the taxpayers the expense.

[Viennacon]

And so it begins. The SS Obamacare is losing rats by the day.

[Fresh Wind]

One less anti-Semite in Congress.

His replacement could be worse, though, but it’s doubtful.

[Paine in the Neck]

Suddenly my morning coffee tastes so much better.

Glad to see one of the Left’s iconic angry psychos go out to pasture.

[quantumman]

Ground and pound the Rats into the dustbin of history.

[struggle]

[Arrowhead1952]

The retirement is the third for Democrats this week, but our votes for 0 bummer care had no effect on that decision.

Crash and burn, you communist bastards.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I’m waiting for Dingell and Conyers to retire. They are both in their 80s, have had a stranglehold on their seats since the 1960s, and have long outlived their usefulness.

[Jack Hydrazine]

They know what’s right around the corner and they are getting out while the gettins’ good!

[taildragger]

I have seen him eons ago on Matthews ( before he went around the bend ) and IMHO he was verbally the nastiest politician ( and his whole gestalt ) I think I have ever seen, even worse than Bawahnee Fwank. IMHO he will not be missed.

[kenmcg]

Good riddance to a genuine anti-American P.O.S!

[12th_Monkey]

“Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives”

[Timber Rattler]

Despite all the happy words from the Rat leadership about how great Obamacare will be as an election issue this year...the veteran members see the writing on the wall.

[newnhdad]

after his son gets off probation for voter fraud or beating his girlfriend or whatever it was, he can run for his daddy’s seat and democrat party leadership. He’d fit right in.