February 10, 2011
— Gabriel Malor I don't know if that means he's resigning or if he simply isn't planning to run for reelection. All the outlets simply use the word "retirement."
Two GOP sources confirm to Fox that 3-term Senator Jon Kyl will announce his retirement at a noon news conference Thursday in Phoenix.The Arizona lawmaker is the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.
Kyl, 68, served four terms in the House before winning a Senate seat. In 2006, he was named one of the 10 best senators by Time Magazine.
Kyl is term-limited out of the GOP leadership next year, unless he challenges McConnell for Leader, which he clearly doesn't want to do.
Scuttlebutt here at CPAC is that there is no clear GOP successor, however Rep. Jeff Flake or Ruth McClung would probably be the strongest GOP candidates. On the Democratic side, Rep. Giffords would have been a strong contender for the seat. A rumor zipped through here that Sec. Napolitano might run, but that was just speculation being passed on as truth, so far as I can tell.
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Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 10, 2011 07:11 AM (qdtoY)
Posted by: huerfano at February 10, 2011 07:11 AM (2pEj7)
Well, campaigning for her would be a cinch. All she'd have to do is set up stands to hand out campaign leaflets, SS applications, drivers licenses and welfare debit cards at all of the illegal immigrant superhighways into the state that she refuses to do anything about.
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:13 AM (Wqfrr)
Tan, Big-Breasted Rested. Ready.
If anyone's interested.
Posted by: Meggy Mac at February 10, 2011 11:11 AM (pRKLf)
Y'know, it would be a super hoot if Meggie Mac decided to campaign for any office in Arizona as a Pubbie. Seeing her get pwned in public debates would be so satisfying. Not that she'd have a clue she had been pwned.
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:16 AM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 07:17 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: t-bird at February 10, 2011 07:17 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 10, 2011 11:17 AM (o3bYL)
Doesn't seem any more far-fetched than Obama.
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 10, 2011 07:18 AM (HLFbQ)
Too bad it wasn't McConnell.
Or Cornyn. Or McCain. Or Graham. Or Luger.
Kyl had to go because, IMHO, he was too close to the "good old boys" establishment in the Senate, but I'd really have preferred that McCain go.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 10, 2011 07:19 AM (iBaup)
I've seen Janet Napolitano speak before, and that bitch is too dumb to read a teleprompter correctly. I'd rather see Meggy Mac in that seat, and from me, that's saying something.
Here's hoping Kyl sticks out the rest of his term.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 10, 2011 07:19 AM (QUuUE)
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 10, 2011 07:19 AM (HLFbQ)
Posted by: JD Hayworth at February 10, 2011 07:20 AM (d8zYO)
Posted by: Hedgehog at February 10, 2011 07:20 AM (Rn2kl)
I dunno, Kyl is like Cornyn to me -- both are pretty good, especially compared to my shitbag senators Kerry and Kennedy Brown.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:21 AM (uFokq)
Probably an early announcement that he's not running for re-election.
Flake would be a great replacement. I wonder if Kyl has this in mind. This announcement is early enough to allow the legislature to take the Senate race into account when it comes to redistricting.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2011 07:22 AM (BvBKY)
Napolitano was a pretty popular gov, as far as I know.
By the end of her time there, she was fairly unpopular.
When you refuse to do anything about the state's immigration laws despite the economy is going in the tank and your biggest city being #2 in the world in kidnappings due to cartel activity, it tends to have that effect. And that's BEFORE everything she did while at DHS to piss off the people in Arizona.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 10, 2011 07:23 AM (iBaup)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 10, 2011 07:24 AM (p5QXj)
Posted by: SnowSoul at February 10, 2011 07:24 AM (7kgOh)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 10, 2011 07:25 AM (p5QXj)
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:26 AM (Wqfrr)
This is why the old winner take all shit MUST go.
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:27 AM (M9Ie6)
I do not want Giffords in the Senate.
It was funny to go to her campaign website (AFAIK, it's still up).
Video after video of "Republicans for Giffords".
I think if the GOP had known the Tea Party wave was coming, they could have put up a more polished candidate against her. I think it's true of a number of Democrats.
I do hope that Arizonans are smart enough not to respond to "vote for me, I was shot at 2 years ago"
Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2011 07:27 AM (BvBKY)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 07:27 AM (RD7QR)
31 In the same vein, I just read that Olby's new homes gets on average 18K viewers a night. In primetime.
Bahawhawhawhawhaw!
Not enough lavender bath salts in the world...
Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 10, 2011 07:28 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Lilikoi at February 10, 2011 07:28 AM (qQU5j)
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:28 AM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 10, 2011 07:29 AM (p5QXj)
30 Being in Arizona, never heard of Ruth McClung outside that race against that one guy who I guess was the offspring between a tarantula and a basketball. So, she probably won't.
If she was a good candidate (I don't know), redistricting could get her into the House.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2011 07:29 AM (BvBKY)
I do hope that Arizonans are smart enough not to respond to "vote for me, I was shot at 2 years ago"
I'm more concerned the bleedin' hearts in the GOP won't run against her like they don't run against the brain dead Tim Johnson.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:30 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 11:27 AM (RD7QR)
But this is good news! When water is rationed, you won't really need a cold shower. just think of The Oprah. Lemons = Lemonade!
Posted by: RushBabe at February 10, 2011 07:31 AM (p5QXj)
Posted by: cali grump at February 10, 2011 07:32 AM (hL0k8)
Posted by: SnowSoul at February 10, 2011 07:32 AM (7kgOh)
She did pretty good in a heavy Dem district, so she has that going for her. probably what killed her was vote fraud from the Tarantula minions.
As for Giffards, she will not run because she will be lucky to be walking by July, much less running a grueling campaign. It may be sad, but that is the simple truth.
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:32 AM (M9Ie6)
Not much better than McCain. Not sorry to see him go at all.
Posted by: Original Mikey is now Uncle Mikey at February 10, 2011 07:32 AM (X2G/A)
Sabato is talking out of his ass. His guesses are as good as yours and mine.
Let's see...we have Palin, Huckabee, Romney...
Who the fuck knows.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:32 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 11:19 AM (uFokq)
Yeah, we know she asked for toast yesterday, but I've got to wonder what her real mental capabilities are when they keep reporting all this breathless good news.
Posted by: RushBabe at February 10, 2011 07:33 AM (p5QXj)
Larry Sabato on Fox right now saying there are 19 (potential) GOP candidates for 2012.
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 11:27 AM (M9Ie6)
So it'll be just like cable TV: dozens of candidates and not one worth voting for.
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:33 AM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 07:35 AM (RD7QR)
In any case, we will know soon. First real debate is in May, only 3 months away.
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:35 AM (M9Ie6)
She can't even talk, RB.
I'm no doc, but that's some serious brain damage. It sounds like she might be an invalid for life. I dunno. I hope not.
But I still want her out of Congress if she can't do the job.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:35 AM (uFokq)
potential candidates for president? I can only think of: Newt, Sarah, Daniels, RON PAUl!, T-Paw, Romney, Huntsmann, Huckabee, Bolton, and maybe Santorum. Who else?
Me!
Posted by: Vote for Pedro at February 10, 2011 07:36 AM (pLTLS)
I don't get why Ruth McClung is being mentioned. I think she should try to win a house seat again, but not senate yet.
The senate might be a better shot (no pun intended) since the Tarantula seems to have lots of evil helping him get re-elected. With these kinds of entrenched 'rats, I doubt anyone short of an Allen West-type would have a chance.
Posted by: RushBabe at February 10, 2011 07:37 AM (p5QXj)
Don't forget me!
Posted by: Rudy Giuliani at February 10, 2011 07:37 AM (2pEj7)
there's a lotta speculation...
Sabato might be inlcuding Pence, McCain, Perry, Thune, Ron Reagan Jr., ...
Who the fuck knows.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:37 AM (uFokq)
You don't think we can pickup 4 seats? I think it's a lock.
Posted by: toby928™: Popular Front for the Liberation of logprof at February 10, 2011 07:37 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: USA at February 10, 2011 07:37 AM (YZISw)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 11:35 AM (RD7QR)
Thune, Barbour, Trump, Giulani ...
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:38 AM (Wqfrr)
"I hope we can do that together," Issa said of job creation efforts. "I probably still won't vote for him, but I certainly wouldn't feel bad if Americans were working again, and he did get another four years."
"My goal is to strengthen the president," Issa said Thursday, contrasting with top Republicans like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who's said defeating Obama in 2012 is his top priority. "I think the last two years weakened the president, because they gave him too much money, too loosely, and without the kind of opportunity to give and take that makes America stronger."
"If the president's going to win reelection, he's going to win reelection because, together, we turned the economy in the right direction, American businesses invested, Americans went back to work and are feeling good in 2012," he added.
Probably? Probably!!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 10, 2011 07:38 AM (T5Brv)
Seriously dude, things look good even to me.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2011 07:38 AM (3ll0O)
http://tinyurl.com/48rz6er
Note that he is still counting Pence who has said he will run for Gov, not Pres.
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:39 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 07:39 AM (RD7QR)
oh, and as I said last week, Giffords' husband is a shitbag.
What's so important in that stupid space station that he needs to leave his brain-damaged wife?
I don't really care, but it seems like a selfish decision for a very very unimportant and wasteful NASA mission.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:40 AM (uFokq)
I'm not worried. He's just doing the "reasonable, and in no way firebreathing" thing for the media. This pleases them and the "undecideds" for some reason.
Posted by: pep at February 10, 2011 07:40 AM (3ll0O)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 11:35 AM (RD7QR)
nickless, logprof, the guy who shouts, "en fuego!", lacewigs, machine parts for sale ... all the AoSHQ heavies
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:41 AM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 10, 2011 07:41 AM (SJ6/3)
She can't even talk, RB.
I'm no doc, but that's some serious brain damage.
Didn't stop Robert Byrd or Ted Kennedy. Just sayin'
Posted by: Barbarian at February 10, 2011 07:41 AM (EL+OC)
Iowahawk for president!
Posted by: pep at February 10, 2011 07:41 AM (3ll0O)
If she was a good candidate (I don't know), redistricting could get her into the House.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2011 11:29 AM (BvBKY)
AZ picks up a seat in 2012. I hope Shaddeg gets it and keeps it warm for 6 years for Flake.
Posted by: Hedgehog at February 10, 2011 07:41 AM (Rn2kl)
I don't think Ruth McClung is old enough to be a senator yet. You have to be 35 to be in the Senate.
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 11:39 AM (RD7QR)
Nope. 30.
25 for House and 35 for Prez.
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:42 AM (Wqfrr)
Why not?
Has McConnell's leadership been that effective?
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 10, 2011 07:43 AM (nD3Pg)
Posted by: Lilikoi at February 10, 2011 07:43 AM (qQU5j)
oh, and as I said last week, Giffords' husband is a shitbag.
His brother is orbiting now in the ISS. He was one of the first to blame the right wing hate mongers for the shooting. Fuck them both in the ass with a booster stage.
Posted by: Barbarian at February 10, 2011 07:43 AM (EL+OC)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 07:43 AM (RD7QR)
If anyone's interested. Posted by: Meggy Mac Post some boob shots and we'll think about it.
Posted by: kansas at February 10, 2011 07:44 AM (srmf8)
Huckabee
I dunno. He filed FEC paperwork to shut down Huckabee for President, Inc last month (but that could be for a few reasons and Huck PAC remains) and doesn't seem to have any Iowa trips planned except for a book signing. Then again, who the hell knows what will happen.
Posted by: Annabelle at February 10, 2011 07:45 AM (4kxCX)
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...Issa needs to be examined for bipolar problems. My goal is to strengthen the president. WTF?
That's a Jedi mind trick which I doubt obama will fall for but it's looks measured to the public.
Posted by: Roadking at February 10, 2011 07:45 AM (Riydy)
Nope. 30.
25 for House and 35 for Prez.
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 11:42 AM (Wqfrr)
Which means that I'm now old enough to run for both the House and the Senate ... wait for it ... simultaneously!
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:47 AM (Wqfrr)
http://tinyurl.com/5t5czhz
That is the best endorsement for us we could ever see.
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:47 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 10, 2011 07:47 AM (SJ6/3)
That's a Jedi mind trick which I doubt obama will fall for but it's looks measured to the public.
Posted by: Roadking at February 10, 2011 11:45 AM (Riydy)
I'd love to believe you RK but when do the fucking hearings begin. We were promised hearings dammit!
Posted by: Hedgehog at February 10, 2011 07:47 AM (Rn2kl)
It's amazing how career-hack Congressman haven't an inkling about the notion of Separation of Powers and the concept of checks & balances.
The Legislative branch does not exist to do the Executive Branch's friggin bidding.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:48 AM (uFokq)
Looks like the GOP can scratch the Senate off of its 2012 wish list.
Posted by: Ed Anger
Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: Debbie Downer at February 10, 2011 07:49 AM (/joDP)
Issa is doing something very smart here for his goals. He's portraying the poor Obama as besieged by corrupt and incompetent advisers. This plays into the way most of the public sees him. He's the good boy-king and all the fault lies with his ministers.
So, if Issa brings down a bunch of underlings, he acts like he's doing good king Obama a favor.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2011 07:50 AM (BvBKY)
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 11:48 AM (uFokq)
Listen here dumbshit. We have 3 branches of government. House, Senate and President. What's this Legislative and Executive nonsense??
Posted by: Chucky Shumer at February 10, 2011 07:51 AM (Rn2kl)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 10, 2011 07:52 AM (f9c2L)
When's the last time the Republicans did something crafty?
I can't remember. The least best move by the Republicans was reelecting Bush in 2004. And they did pretty good in 2002 in the midterms. Since then, nothing.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 07:52 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Sharon Angle at February 10, 2011 07:52 AM (/joDP)
Kenneth Olsen, a computer industry pioneer and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), has died. DEC helped usher in a technology revolution that changed the way people interact with computers.
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:53 AM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: Sharon Angle at February 10, 2011 07:54 AM (/joDP)
Posted by: Preznint Splutnik, get the hell out of my hometown! at February 10, 2011 07:56 AM (Wqfrr)
Gabe, Ruth McClung? Are you serious? I live in her district and voted for her for Congress, but she would hardly be a strong candidate:
For starters, should would be barely old enough to take office. She turns 30 in February 2012 -- the minimum age for a senator. Not a credibility-builder.
Second, she has no experience that would lead you to believe she could win a statewide race. She ran a horrible campaign for the House. Yes, she came within a whisker of winning. But her camapaign was the most amateurish effort I've ever seen. Her mother, I believe, was her campaign manager.
She's a frick'n rocket scientist at Raytheon. She has zero in the way of political instincts.
The most popular politician in Arizona right now is Gov. Jan Brewer. She's the one who should be considering the race.
Posted by: km at February 10, 2011 07:56 AM (oUaBK)
Posted by: toby928™: Popular Front for the Liberation of logprof at February 10, 2011 07:58 AM (GTbGH)
Could we do the same thing here in the States to bring down Obamao? Would the media support that "peoples revolution"?
Those are rhetorical questions by the way, I already know the answers; Obamao would use mass protests as an excuse to implement martial law and establish the "peoples paradise" of communism he so desperately wants here. The media would lament the necessity of killing millions of conservatives reactionaries as a necessary evil.
Those rhetorical questions do need to be asked to the MFM though and loudly; just to point out to them that we can see what pieces of crap® the people in the Liberal media are.
Posted by: An Observation at February 10, 2011 07:58 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Joe "High-speed Rail to Hell" Biden at February 10, 2011 07:59 AM (Wqfrr)
anyone else (ie, cobloggers) at C-PAC besides Gabe?
I could give a rip. But I do west to see West give his speech. that's about it.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 10, 2011 08:00 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Wang was overtaken by the PC revolution, if I recall. Who was going to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a word processing workstation when a PC did that and a lot more?
They quickly became the dinosaur of the computer industry.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 10, 2011 08:01 AM (f9c2L)
O/T from the Annals of State Medicine
Canadian surgeons told to take holidays they don't want instead of doing hip and knee replacements because the system is running out of money.
http://tinyurl.com/4dm9l6t
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at February 10, 2011 08:01 AM (mSNJO)
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 10, 2011 08:02 AM (o3bYL)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 08:02 AM (RD7QR)
They quickly became the dinosaur of the computer industry.
Exactly. It was like the industry fell on some bad times in the late 80's and early '90's and then all of a sudden the technology bubble blew up and blew the doors off Wang's shit.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 08:03 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Penfold at February 10, 2011 08:03 AM (1PeEC)
Posted by: 141 Driver at February 10, 2011 08:04 AM (/E3ql)
Posted by: toby928™: Popular Front for the Liberation of logprof at February 10, 2011 08:04 AM (GTbGH)
"If the president's going to win reelection, he's going to win reelection because, together, we turned the economy in the right direction, American businesses invested, Americans went back to work and are feeling good in 2012," he added.
Probably? Probably!!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 10, 2011 11:38 AM (T5Brv)
If the precedent wins reelection it'll be because when the oversight committee got sand kicked in their faces when making legitimate constitutional inquiries, weakling panderers like Sissy Issa didn't say boo.
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2011 08:05 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: joncelli at February 10, 2011 08:07 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 10, 2011 08:07 AM (o3bYL)
Posted by: Robert at February 10, 2011 08:09 AM (V+ylD)
my first real pc after my Commodore 64 was an AT&T tower unit with an Intel Pentium processor 386.
that was a big deal back in 1994.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a problem with Wang Dong at February 10, 2011 08:12 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: curious at February 10, 2011 08:13 AM (p302b)
"I think the last two years weakened the president, because they gave him too much money, too loosely, and without the kind of opportunity to give and take that makes America stronger."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 10, 2011 11:38 AM (T5Brv)
Poor, poor Barky, he just couldn't help himself.
Posted by: StrangernFiction at February 10, 2011 08:15 AM (dKCBV)
Posted by: Buffalobob at February 10, 2011 09:02 AM (GwH6h)
Posted by: Tigtog at February 10, 2011 09:03 AM (Q5+Og)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 10, 2011 11:52 AM
Yes, and she's talking about running for office someday.
http://tinyurl.com/4em8yda
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at February 10, 2011 09:35 AM (mSNJO)
Posted by: curious at February 10, 2011 09:36 AM (p302b)
There is a view that the boomers just want government entitlements - but that is not true; boomers are realizing how much of a mess they made of the world in their youth and are trying to do something about it. Most of the old hippies have reformed.
Are there hippies still around? Yes, but they are few and far between. Please be aware that the whole hippie, love child, thing was a media invention from day one - the same way that Gangsta rap music is a media invention (Gangsta Rap is liberal racism - designed to turn the average non racist white person into a racist; "See how hostile, big, dangerous, and scary those Negroes are!")
Posted by: An Observation at February 10, 2011 09:38 AM (ylhEn)
You are off by a few years. Boomers are not the ones who have made the current mess. That would be the so-called "greatest generation".
Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 10:06 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: bigred NO NICKLESS, NO PEACE at February 10, 2011 10:54 AM (cX9pO)
Actually the percentage who "carried a sign" was quite low. The numbers (in the 60s) who smoked a joint were fairly low also, at least around where I grew up.
The 70s were really the wild times for drugs, but even then they had not blown up to the levels they are now. For that I blame LBJ and the great society.
And guess what generation he was. That is why I say "the greatest generation" is the one mostly responsible for this mess.
Of course now, the boomers are in power, but it is the real product of the LBJ crowd that is in charge now. You may also say that FDR is responsible for the mess we are in now because it was his socialism and court packing that gave us most of this shit.
He is even before the "greatest generation".
Posted by: Elizabeth of the purple eyes at February 10, 2011 11:19 AM (M9Ie6)
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Posted by: wang dang doodle at February 10, 2011 08:45 PM (tXbf1)
I will NEVER vote for Flake under ANY circumstances, and will consistently and vigorously oppose him.
Posted by: Carl Hay at February 10, 2011 09:43 PM (d4r89)
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