Yay! Deborah Pryce Is Leaving To "Spend More Time With Her Family"

[babsbunny]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/08/house_republicans_lose_two.html

Analysis: Can Dems Pick Up Hastert and Pryce Seats?
It's been a bad couple of days for House Republicans, as two senior lawmakers who once held top leadership positions in the GOP caucus -- former Speaker Dennis Hastert (Ill.) and ex-Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce (Ohio) -- said they will not run for reelection next fall.

We've written before in this space that with Republicans no longer in the majority and a national political environment that looks decidedly unfriendly for GOPers in 2008, it's likely that a number of lawmakers who had been contemplating leaving office in elections past will retire this time around.

[MeDeMax]

1. let us hope so -- n/t