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Arizona Senator Jon Kyl to Retire
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com ^ | February 10, 2011 | by Trish Turner

Posted on 02/10/2011 8:03:46 AM PST by Lucky9teen

wo GOP sources confirm to Fox that 3-term Senator Jon Kyl will announce his retirement at a noon news conference Thursday in Phoenix.

The Arizona lawmaker is the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.

Kyl, 68, served four terms in the House before winning a Senate seat. In 2006, he was named one of the 10 best senators by Time Magazine.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 112th; alreadyposted; arizona; az2012; bloggersandpersonal; braking; kyl; resign; senator; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: davidosborne

Thanks! I don’t know why I typed 137,000. I was guessing and was way off.


81 posted on 02/10/2011 9:20:31 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: redk

Perhaps it’s the fact that he blamed the TEA partiers for the shooting.


82 posted on 02/10/2011 9:22:47 AM PST by Politicalmom (America-The Land of the Sheep, the Home of the Caved.)
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To: ICCtheWay

I can’t believe it either. Remember all the people that went to his office during the shamnesty debacle and ripped up their GOP membership cards?


83 posted on 02/10/2011 9:24:01 AM PST by Politicalmom (America-The Land of the Sheep, the Home of the Caved.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Retire. . . . NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. . .he has to stay.

He just has to.

One the smartest Senators we have and principled and a leader, and a pefect foil to McShame.

Let’s get McShame to retire instead.


84 posted on 02/10/2011 9:24:55 AM PST by Hulka
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To: napscoordinator

Lol


85 posted on 02/10/2011 9:27:56 AM PST by davidosborne (2012 will be the year of the INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE ! let's GOOOH !)
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To: Politicalmom

Lol any pictures of that?


86 posted on 02/10/2011 9:29:50 AM PST by davidosborne (2012 will be the year of the INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE ! let's GOOOH !)
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To: K-Stater
Have to be 35 to be a Senator.

I think Bristol is a little shy of that age. . .though maturity-wise, she has grown much these past few years and is very well qualified, much more than ANY democrat.

87 posted on 02/10/2011 9:31:51 AM PST by Hulka
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To: Toddsterpatriot
"She's not 30 yet."

Just lose her birth certificate. Nobody will ever ask for it.

88 posted on 02/10/2011 9:34:50 AM PST by RabidBartender
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To: Politicalmom

I think Kyl has redeemed himself pretty well since then ... but for so many people to post here on this thread and only a handful of mentions ... Wow! Kyl caused a lot of consternation back then... People in the state were up in arms - almost literally over Kyl’s support for Amnesty. And anyone can google the old records.

If a zillion people across the nation had not called into the Senate (I believe it was June 28th) and literally caused the Senate phone system to melt down - WE WOULD HAVE AMNESTY and Jon Kyl would have helped it happen.


89 posted on 02/10/2011 9:35:04 AM PST by ICCtheWay
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To: Lucky9teen

A shame.


90 posted on 02/10/2011 9:35:04 AM PST by americanophile ("The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon." - George Washington)
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To: Politicalmom

Perhaps you could do some research, that was her father.


91 posted on 02/10/2011 9:36:31 AM PST by redk
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To: Lazamataz
No, it was time for him to go.

Ariz. can do better (althought it can do worse as well!!!!)

92 posted on 02/10/2011 9:37:13 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: K-Stater

No, not really. She’s too young to run for the senate.


93 posted on 02/10/2011 9:43:18 AM PST by tcrlaf (Democrats Outforced America's Jobs for 40 Years. Now The Bill Is Due)
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To: Hulka
>>>>>Have to be 35 to be a Senator.

You have to be 30 years old to be a Senator.

94 posted on 02/10/2011 9:44:17 AM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man
Oh, correct. . .I knew that. . .I was just testing you. . . you passed.

I'm still pretty confident Bristol is not yet 30.

95 posted on 02/10/2011 9:45:57 AM PST by Hulka
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
This is Arizona, I can't see any Rat taking this seat.

Kyl barely won re-election in 2006. The Dems went full court press on him and nearly beat him with one of their patented "liberal who sounds conservative" candidates.

Since then, we've had more "immigrants" registering as voters, more Californians fleeing their state (but not abandoning the stupid liberal policies which made it unlivable), and a "new tone" specifically directed at Arizona politicians, where anything even remotely sensible is labeled "hate speech".

This seat is very winnable for the Dems. Don't kid yourself that it's not.
96 posted on 02/10/2011 9:46:36 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Worst. Post-Racial. And Post-Partisan. Agent Of Hope And Change. EVER.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
"more Californians fleeing their state"

Perhaps you need a western border fence as well as a southern border fence..
97 posted on 02/10/2011 9:49:06 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Perhaps you need a western border fence as well as a southern border fence..

Every time I drive from Arizona to California, I'm stopped at the California border and a California inspector makes sure I'm not carrying any fruits or vegetables. When I drive from California to Arizona, I just go straight through the border. At 75 MPH instead of the silly 70 MPH that California insists upon.
98 posted on 02/10/2011 9:57:55 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Worst. Post-Racial. And Post-Partisan. Agent Of Hope And Change. EVER.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot; yoe; napscoordinator; Hulka; tcrlaf
She's not 30 yet.

I said Bristol was ambitious. I never said she was smart.

99 posted on 02/10/2011 10:22:03 AM PST by K-Stater
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To: jagusafr

The idiot Lee...from Houston. Queen Sheila?


100 posted on 02/10/2011 10:48:59 AM PST by magna carta
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