[srmanuel]

Other than helping the Democrats, there is no logical explanation for leaving immediately versus announcing your are not running again but serving out your term, considering it’s barely 6 months away. The maddening thing is, he’s probably not leaving Washington, he’s been bought off by some lobbying firm and will take a lucrative job early next year.

[going hot]

"You want to serve out your term, and get outed for being gay/mother raper/father raper/child molester/dog beater/coke head etc, or will you take this million dollars and become a CNN parrot?"

Tough choice for some of them pols.