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Leahy announces retirement in 2022
Hot Air ^ | 15 Nov 2021 | Ed Morissey

Posted on 11/15/2021 10:01:25 AM PST by Rummyfan

“It’s time to put down the gavel,” Patrick Leahy declared a few minutes ago in bowing out of the 2022 midterms. “It’s time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter.” It’s the identity of the next Vermonter that will worry Democrats, who have to defend another open seat in an election cycle that looks to be a disaster already.

It doesn’t help that the heir apparent within Democrat ranks is only seven years younger than Leahy himself:

Leahy is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and also president pro tempore of the Senate, making him third in the line of succession to the presidency.

Vermont, where President Biden won with 66 percent of the vote last year, has not been represented in the U.S. Senate by a Republican since 2001. The state’s current junior senator is Bernie Sanders, 80, a self-described democratic socialist who caucuses with the Democrats.

But Phil Scott, the state’s governor since 2017, has demonstrated that a Republican can still prevail in a statewide race in Vermont. He was last reelected last year with nearly 69 percent of the vote.

Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), the state’s only congressman, is viewed as Leahy’s most likely successor. He is 74.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; didyousearch; patrickleahy; peterwelch; philscott; taketheredpill; vermont
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To: Rummyfan

I would have settled for just CROAKING.

Evil man.


21 posted on 11/15/2021 1:15:05 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: BatGuano

Makes you want to expand the definition of “most”, doesn’t it?


22 posted on 11/15/2021 1:17:28 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Jane Long

“This *should* be an easy Repub pick up, in a normal world.”

Not sure any real Republicans exist there. The current Governor, Phil Scott, calls himself a Republican, and he’s about as “conservative” as other far-left Republican governors in northeastern states (Baker, Hogan, Sununu). Hell, there’s no way Scott could get elected in a place like Vermont *without* being way left of center. Still, he’d have to be an improvement over that dirty bastard Leahy though I doubt Scott will even run.


23 posted on 11/15/2021 1:22:58 PM PST by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Cancel “most,” sincere regards, Bat


24 posted on 11/15/2021 9:08:42 PM PST by BatGuano (Fauci = Mengele (Angel of Death))
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To: Zenjitsuman

Getting that seat!
Let’s pray that my Ancestral state. of Vermont will come through. My Great Grand Mother was a Vermont descendant of John Howland, a Mayflower survivor. Her name was Edna Gale, my Grandmother’s mother. I was fortunate to know her before she passed away. We called her, “Baddie,” and she love us, my twin brother and sister!
Thanks for the memories! Go Vermont!


25 posted on 11/15/2021 9:21:39 PM PST by BatGuano (Fauci = Mengele (Angel of Death))
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To: BatGuano

I’m not articulate enough. What I meant was, most, worst, etc., in this case means just one, but there are so many “most worst” out there, the very worst is a very crowded field.


26 posted on 11/15/2021 11:13:04 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: OrioleFan

Been = Bernie


27 posted on 11/16/2021 4:24:50 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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