WA-04: Doc Hastings retiring

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If I recall correct, Hastings was one of the ones that Hastert stacked the ethics committee with in order to shield Delay.

That sort of makes me long for an outsider here.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If I recall correct, Hastings was one of the ones that Hastert stacked the ethics committee with in order to shield Delay.

That sort of makes me long for an outsider here.

An outsider in such district is, usually, an extremely conservative outsider. You know - i am not a big fan of such political candidates (though almost the same i can say for "far left" as well)...

That wasn't the case in LA-05 though, clearly.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If I recall correct, Hastings was one of the ones that Hastert stacked the ethics committee with in order to shield Delay.

That sort of makes me long for an outsider here.

An outsider in such district is, usually, an extremely conservative outsider. You know - i am not a big fan of such political candidates (though almost the same i can say for "far left" as well)...

That wasn't the case in LA-05 though, clearly.

I wouldn't call him moderate either. But, probably the best that you can get from such district

He was more moderate than the establishment guy though.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If I recall correct, Hastings was one of the ones that Hastert stacked the ethics committee with in order to shield Delay.

That sort of makes me long for an outsider here.

An outsider in such district is, usually, an extremely conservative outsider. You know - i am not a big fan of such political candidates (though almost the same i can say for "far left" as well)...

That wasn't the case in LA-05 though, clearly.

I wouldn't call him moderate either. But, probably the best that you can get from such district

He was more moderate than the establishment guy though.

Yes. That happens. But - very rarely. I am at loss about second such case in the last years. Usually it's the way i formulated above - politics REALLY became much more polarized as of late. So much so, that there is a serious danger of having "2 nations", with absolutely no overlap, in one state

KS-02 2008 maybe and KS-03 2010 primaries in some ways count as such as well. MI 2010 Gubernatorial primary also.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If I recall correct, Hastings was one of the ones that Hastert stacked the ethics committee with in order to shield Delay.

That sort of makes me long for an outsider here.

An outsider in such district is, usually, an extremely conservative outsider. You know - i am not a big fan of such political candidates (though almost the same i can say for "far left" as well)...

That wasn't the case in LA-05 though, clearly.

I wouldn't call him moderate either. But, probably the best that you can get from such district

He was more moderate than the establishment guy though.

Yes. That happens. But - very rarely. I am at loss about second such case in the last years. Usually it's the way i formulated above - politics REALLY became much more polarized as of late. So much so, that there is a serious danger of having "2 nations", with absolutely no overlap, in one state

KS-02 2008 maybe and KS-03 2010 primaries in some ways count as such as well. MI 2010 Gubernatorial primary also.

Agree on MI-GOV-2010. Will look on Kansas. But Jenkins turned out to be much more conservative then i expected, and Yoder severely disappoints me too

Politicians tend to disappoint once in office in general.