More amazing--telling even, however, is that at least 25 Republicans plan to NOT run for re-election come the midterm elections. It appears a house-cleaning, literally speaking, is in the making.
During the 2016 presidential election, Congressman Trey Gowdy, who made a mission of dragging Mrs. Clinton's name through the mud to further tarnish her reputation, today announced he is not running for a new term come November.
Longtime U.S. Senator Orin Hatch is not running. Neither is Jeff Flake or Bob Corker. All are Republicans. Currently, no Democrats in the Senate have announced their plans to retire.
In the House, Trey Gowdy, Bill Shuster, Blake Farenthold, Bob Goodlatte, Charles W. Dent, Darrell Issa, Dave Reichert, David Trott, Edward Royce, Frank LoBiondo, Gregg Harper, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jeb Hensarling, Jim Bridenstine, Joe Barton, John J. Duncan, Jr., Lamar Smith, Lynn Jenkins, Patrick Meehan, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Sam Johnson, and Ted Poe, all are NOT running for re-election.
There are even rumors that Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, is considering not running for re-election. Amazing, huh?
Obviously, the Republicans fear their legislative agenda is in dire straits and conversely, the Democrats sense they have the opportunity to change the direction in Washington.
Historically speaking, the party in power in Congress have lost their lead during mid-term elections. This happened during President Clinton's term, during Dubya's term, and during President Obama's as well... and many pundits predict the same during this year's upcoming midterms.
Some are even predicting a political bloodbath (one can only hope so that we can derail the mess Ryan, McConnell, and Trump are creating now).
So you have to ask yourself the question, why?
I have my theories. What are yours?
I don't know, Doug, but it does not look good. It looks sinister, to me, like they know something we don't; like "I got mine and now I'm done."
ReplyDeleteIt chaps my bottom that these assholes are going to have a pension for life. Serving used to be a calling, now it seems merely a way to line one's pockets.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, Tom!
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