Chambliss to Retire

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Just breaking
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/01/25/chambliss_will_not_run_for_senate_again.html

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[Keystone Phil]

Cain! Cain! Cain!

[minionofmidas]

Good riddance.

Although way things are going, the next Junior Senator from Georgia will probably be Allen West...

[Brittain33]

Paul Broun should win if the primary is a contest of ideological purity, no?

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Good riddance to the worst senator sitting in the upper chamber. He should've never served.

[AndrewTX]

Cain! Cain! Cain!

That would be amazing.

[RogueBeaver]

Hoping for Price or Handel. Definitely not the batshoot Birther Broun.

[Miles]

Wow.

Though I recall Barrow said he wasn't running, I'd imagine he might still be getting a call from Michael Bennet.

[Zioneer]

Good riddance to one of the most scummy Senators. Here's hoping that the Dems can put up a strong candidate.

[RogueBeaver]

Cain and Erickson have both ruled out reconsidering, per Twitter. Not that either of them ever really considered it.

[krazen1211]

Handel appears to be in.

http://www.handelforsenate.com/

[Keystone Phil]

Cain and Erickson have both ruled out reconsidering, per Twitter. Not that either of them ever really considered it.

We will not take no for an answer, Herman!

[Where's the Epstein Client List?]

It is a sad day when participating in a "bipartisan" effort to address deficit reduction is grounds for quietly showing yourself out the back door.

I'm no fan of the guy since he got elected in just about the dirtiest way possible, but you can be a HP and still do your job well.

[RogueBeaver]

Kingston is also looking at it. Looks like a crowded primary.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/saxby-chambliss-to-reitre-86720_Page2.html

[Niemeyerite]

Do you think Thurbert Baker, Georgia's former Atty. General, who ran for Governor in 2010 and lost badly to Barnes in the primary (and is black), could beat someone like Broun?

Because I'm sure Barrow would be competitive against whomever republicans nominate.

[Miles]

Wow.

Though I recall Barrow said he wasn't running, I'd imagine he might still be getting a call from Michael Bennet.

Or not.

[RogueBeaver]

Price looking at a run as well.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=6F41284A-17FE-4CAC-A83A-BEA8A9154E47

[Brittain33]

Wow.

Though I recall Barrow said he wasn't running, I'd imagine he might still be getting a call from Michael Bennet.

Or not.

That's pretty damn non-committal.

[old timey villain]

I think John Barrow is the Democrats' best hope to pick up this seat. It's a long shot, but I see GA Republicans nominating somebody far to the right of Chambliss. If that happens, I really think Barrow could be competitive.

[justfollowingtheelections]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXT9ZDAbK_o

For those who know the South well, would this help Broun or hurt him?

[old timey villain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXT9ZDAbK_o

For those who know the South well, would this help Broun or hurt him?

hurt in metro Atlanta, help in the rest of the state

[California8429]

Newt Gingrich just announced he won't run. Shame.

[Maxwell]

Cain! Cain! Cain!

[SPC]

I guess Broun or Price is the best I could realistically hope for here.

[Donerail]

No Cain, no Newt... I guess Broun is the best we can hope for.

I guess Broun or Price is the best I could realistically hope for here.

I doubt someone who talks about "the Great War of Yankee Aggression", or calls evolution & embryology a lie straight from the pit of hell, or who (in 2011), when someone asked "Who's going to shoot Obama?" responded with a few sentences about how he was frustrated with the President, and laughter, who referred to the current President as a "Marxist", who said he didn't know if Obama was a citizen or a Christian,who  called CAIR a spy organization connected to terrorists, who called global warming a conspiracy, who tried to push through the Federal Marriage Amendment, who suggested we should only pat-down Arabs, or who voted for Allen West for Speaker of the House would be any kind of effective national spokesman for liberty, and would probably tarnish the movement more than he would help.