Retiring from the Senate in 2010

[ProSense]

Five Repubs:

Bond, Christopher S. - (R - MO)

Brownback, Sam - (R - KS)

Hutchison, Kay Bailey - (R - TX)

Martinez, Mel - (R - FL)

Voinovich, George V. - (R - OH)



See ya!

[camera obscura]

1. Who's next... Gregg and Grassley?

[whistle]

2. It won't be soon enough, the voters should have retired them along with

...fifteen other Republican Senators last November

[Auggie]

3. I love what was said on Hardball tonight...

a puke strategist said it was no longer fun now that their power and free junkets had disappeared. He was dead serious.

[Aloha Spirit]

7. someone took away their toys, awww.

now, will the whining last a month or several years?

[racaulk]

4. There is no reason why we can't pick up two or three of those seats.

And I won't be upset to see any of those five go. :)

Since Kathleen Sebelius is term-limited and her Governorship is over in two years, I wonder if she has her eye on Brownback's seat. If so, she could be a serious contender. Has anyone heard any speculation on this?

[rwheeler31]

8. That would be great.

Robin Carnahan has a shot in Missouri.

[racaulk]

9. I know this is a dumb question, but...

Any relation to Jean Carnahan?

[SoCalDem]

10. Jean's the mom..n/t

[racaulk]

11. Wow, very cool!

I'm sure Jean would be very proud to see her daughter in the Senate.

Can you imagine it? Two female Senators representing Missouri, and both of them Democrats? That would be AWESOME! :)

[Radical Activist]

12. All five are winnable.

If Obama delivers we'll have no problem getting 60.

[karynnj]

5. Hutchinson too - wow

If they keep this up - there will be First or second term Senators and ranking members of committees - whre it now can take Democrats more than 3 terms.

[Yes We Did]

13. She has higher aspirations.

[CLANG]

6. Some of the vilest names in the senate - good riddance assholes!

[ShadowLiberal]

14. Hutchison hasn't retired yet, it's only speculated she'll run for governor

But yes she's likely to cause another seat to be up for grabs in 2010.

As a PAer I wouldn't be so surprised if Specter retires. The guy's battling cancer, and it seems very likely that Toomey will challenge him in a primary again (which Specter only just barely won last time), which makes his reelection prospects look a whole lot harder, and might be enough to cause him to just call it quits rather then go through all that trouble trying to win reelection.