Webb won't seek reelection

Politico ^ | Ben Smith

[VRWCTexan]

Virginia Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won't seek reelection, a senior Senate source said.

[muawiyah]

Look, it's hard enough being a Senator without also being crazy.

This job was simply too difficult for Webb ~

Now, to get some of the others out of there ~ I'm thinking Leahy ought to leave. He's crazy. Man actually brags about committing genocide.

[hal ogen]

webb...you fool. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[Hoodat]

You would hope that in his final two years, he would work dutifully towards representing the wishes of the Commonwealth - which is the Constitutional obligation of every US Senator.

This would mean that he would have to align his votes on the ObamaInsurance bill with the wishes of Commonwealth Governor Bob McDonnell, Commonwealth Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, as well as the State Legislature. We'll see over the coming months whether he devotes his allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia, or whether he give it over to Harry Reid.

[kabar]

allen has already tossed his hat in. So has a tea party candidate.

[Hoodat]

Maybe Rick Santorum will run for his seat.

[Salvavida]

I wonder how long it will take Mark Warner to realize he needs to pack his bags too.

[mwl8787]

Manchin isn’t going to retire. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is next.

[MissMagnolia]

allen has already tossed his hat in. So has a tea party candidate.

vs. who for Dems do you think? Looks like they're going to try to talk Timmy of Jumping Eyebrow fame into running.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Webb

[Cathy]

Periello or Kaine as the D candidate in VA? You have got to be kidding me.

[Hoodat]

Please, not Kaine. He needs to remain where he is for as long as possible.

[therightliveswithus]

Getting out of DC so soon?

[Minus_The_Bear]

Ken Cuccinelli needs to run.

[acapesket]

Rick is from PA.

[Saltmeat]

So called “conservative democrats” in the Louisiana legislature are defecting to the Republican Party in numbers never seen before. The Repubs now are the majority in the Louisiana House for the first time since Reconstruction.

Also, the Lt. Gov and the State AG changed from Dems to Repubs recently. U. S. Senator Mary Landrieu is the only remaining state wide elected Dem. We are hoping that she will not seek reelection. She is a “Louisiana in Name Only” resident anyway because she built a $1.2 million mansion in D. C. several years ago. She only shows up in LA when it suits her political interests. She refused to hold town hall meetings during the Obamacare debate. She just didn't want to be confused by the facts.

She should read the tea leaves because she will not be reelected if we tea party types are successful.

[kabar]

Kaine is probably their best choice. The question for him would be, “Do I risk a defeat and cut my political career short?” Obama will be a drag on any Dem ticket here. The economy and jobs will be crucial, but in VA the unemployment rate is 6.4%.

[Hoodat]

Rick lives in VA.

[tennmountainman]

Manchin is up for election in 2012 . He is filling Byrds term.

Nelson needs to gos, as well.

[tgusa]

There will be too many video clips of Kaine figuratively kissing 0’s @ss. Allen could just crucify Kaine with them.

[jnsun]

I believe it only takes ONE election cycle (six years) for a US Senator to get a comfortable Congressional retirement pension. Someone correct me if that's not true. Quite inappropriate and hypocritical relative to the working citizens (that is, us) for whom they supposedly represent - which in Webb and Warner's case they do not.

Hence in one Senatorial election campaign an individual only need lie and deceive like a lawyer to get life's gravy. That was clearly true for Jim Webb who pretended to be conservative (gun rights, etc), then voted ala Obama, Reid and company once elected.

That is exactly why the principles of "conservatism," e.g. personal responsibility for all one's decisions, need to be clearly, ideologically, and definitively stated.

Mark Warner is an excellent political example - he was not a bad governor, when he was on the spot for executive decisions - but once Senator he IS a political party puppet. A truly disturbing manifestation of party (ala Communism, Nazism, Baathist, etc) politics. Democratic Party obviously (leftism), but Republican Party not far behind (fecklessness and self preservation).

Johnny Suntrade