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He's a year past standard retirement age (he's 66) so why should he hang around...especially having to fight the Obama burden in his next election. He's got his generous pension, health care and bennies for the rest of his life, so, like Alfred E. Newman on the cover of Mad Magazine...."What? Me worry.

One thing that factors into many, if not all, of these House Democrats' decisions not to seek re-election is the handwriting on the wall: they know that, despite Nancy Pelosi's and others' occasional outbursts to the contrary, their chances of winning a majority in the House this year are slim at best. (Another indicator is that Debbie Wasserman Schultz's mouth seems to be uncharacteristically silent on the matter.)

IIRC, the number of current House Democrats who have already announced they will retire is into the teens.

Another 'rat deserting a sinking ship---Holt's getting out while he's still able to wire-transfer offshore.

Everybody knows Obama's botched October healthcare rollout was giving Democrats so much agita, they could hardly keep track of their vast offshore holdings. Millions could have been lost into the pockets of snarky investment counselors "aggregating the numbers," but Democrats were so besieged by falling poll numbers, they would never even know it.

Sniffle.

So what happened was the compassionate White House graciously sent its chief of staff Denis McDonough to hold an unpublicized meeting with Sen. Michael Bennet (DIM-Colo), chairman of the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm.

Alas, it was not pretty---Denis was met w/ Democrats' anger and anxiety that O/Care’s costly train wreck rollout could actually cost their party its majority at midterms.

Denis and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Bennet discussed what the helpful White House could possibly do for vulnerable Senate Democrats.

Talk revolved around Democrats developing a "stronger relationship" with the White House. But this cockamamie idea was quickly discarded. After all, Democrats reasoned, who would believe a ditzy story like that...other than the brain dead MSM.

Democrats whined that Obama was not sympathetic enough to their plight. After the Republican-led government shutdown, Dems had been super-confident they would retain the Senate, maybe even regain the House......but, that optimism vanished as O/Care problems kept mounting and multiplying.

Speaker wannabe Nancy Pelosi disconsolately went back to sucking-up everything in sight.

COS Denis valiantly tried to calm ballistic Senators, saying off-the-record: “I know these guys are nervous as hell. I mean, all of their jobs are on the line, because Obamacare is the only thing making the biggest political waves. It’s a nightmare.”

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WATTA RELIEF--DEMOCRATS COME UP WITH THE ONLY WORKABLE SOLUTION Obama recently announced the White House's 2014 Senate strategy: "Keep Obama away." The extensive midterm campaign strategy is built around one unavoidable fact: Hardly any candidates in the most competitive states want President Barack Obama anywhere near them on the campaign trail.

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Poster cackles---hums theme from "Jaws."

their chances of winning a majority in the House this year are slim at best.

Their chances at a net gain of 5 seats are "slim". Their chances at gaining majority are non-existent and always were.

Anyway too bad this seat is safe rat (since the last remap). I wish Collin Peterson of MN would retire, we'd take his seat.

Also a safe rat seat but a more interesting retirement, a rat FRESHMAN in Cali, Gloria Negrete McLeod, is quitting to run for county supervisor! She's in her 70's, very old for a freshman.

She is the 2nd member this cycle to run for lower office, 2 term Republican Tim Griffin of ARK announced his retirement and later launched a bid for LT. Governor.