My state's senior senator has served for 36 years. He's running again.

cali

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:15 AM
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My state's senior senator has served for 36 years. He's running again.

I'll support him this year. It's not a year where I think we should take the chance of a repub getting elected, but although I think he's been a good senator, should he run again in 2016, I will not support him.

I don't believe in term limits but I'm tired of these guys hanging on to their seats decade after decade. It's part of the problem in the world's most exclusive club.

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Vinca

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:16 AM
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1. On the other hand, your senators are sane.

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hobbit709

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:20 AM
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2. Or sanER

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Yurovsky

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:20 AM
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3. Robert Byrd's still serving...

C'mon West Virginia, can't SOMEBODY step up for the Democratic Party and help Byrd into retirement?

I remember him as a active, forceful voice for the party in the 1970s (when he had Harry Reid's job). That was 30+ years ago, people...

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ThomWV

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:39 AM
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5. You wold not like what the people of West Virginia would replace him with.

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Obamanaut

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:32 AM
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4. They hang onto their seats for decade after decade because people

Edited on Sat Feb-20-10 08:33 AM by Obamanaut

vote for "the name you know."

Incumbents are reelected at about a 90% rate, with replacements found only because of retirement or death.

Just recently I read a report that a Kennedy is moving to Mass. in order to run and return the "Kennedy seat" to the family.

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cali

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Sat Feb-20-10 08:42 AM
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6. that "report" about Patrick Kennedy

is bullshit from a right wing site.

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Obamanaut

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Sat Feb-20-10 09:08 AM
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8. Actually, I read it here on DU. Link in message box

Edited on Sat Feb-20-10 09:10 AM by Obamanaut

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x433717

edited to add: I just read all the posts in that thread, and it appears to be wishful thinking.

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TheCowsCameHome

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Sat Feb-20-10 09:05 AM
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7. After the problems Patrick had in RI, he's not going to run in MA

Even Massachusetts won't embrace him.

Other Kennedy's, maybe. Patrick, no.

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Dappleganger

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Sat Feb-20-10 09:23 AM
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9. Feeling like entitled lords of the manor. nt

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naaman fletcher

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Sat Feb-20-10 10:49 AM
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10. The problem is it's never time to take a chance or a repub getting elected..

and the repub's think its never time to take a chance that a dem gets elected. Why?

All this crap about Senators complaining about bipartisanship is just that, crap. They manufacture these issues so that it's never a time to take a chance on throwing someone out just because he has become a part of the problem.

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