April 21, 2011
— DrewM He previously announced he wouldn't be seeking reelection at the end of his term due to an affair and subsequent cover up of payoffs. Now he's leaving tomorrow. (May 3rd seems to be the actual date)
Ensign, 53, began notifying Nevada friends of his intentions late Thursday. The senator has kept his distance from official GOP circles in Washington for months, but word quickly spread to GOP figures inside the Beltway who confirmed a report by Nevada politics watcher Jon Ralston of the Las Vegas Sun to NJ.Ensign quickly put an end to the speculation, releasing a statement Thursday evening confirming the reports, and announcing that his retirement would be effective on May 3.
"While I stand behind my firm belief that I have not violated any law, rule, or standard of conduct of the Senate, and I have fought to prove this publicly, I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further rounds of investigation, depositions, drawn out proceedings, or especially public hearings," Ensign said. "For my family and me, this continued personal cost is simply too great."
GOP Governor Brian Sandoval gets to appoint a replacement. Speculation seems to be he'll name Congressman Dean Heller who had already announced a run to replace Ensign.
Sharron Angle had previously announced plans to run for Heller's seat, so she's likely to run in the special election that will be announced to replace Heller. There are several other candidates for next year's primary but given her huge fundraising and name recognition advantages, there's a good chance we'll see Congresswoman Angle in the next few months.
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Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2011 03:09 PM (M9Ie6)
AoSHQ beats NY Times!
They still don't know Crystal Magnum(Duke rape accuser) was indicted for murder.
I am assuming this is good shit, since the longer Ensign is out, the less people will remember he was a Republican.
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:10 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 21, 2011 03:12 PM (YBreH)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 21, 2011 03:13 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 21, 2011 07:12 PM (YBreH)
Yes, but Ensign is paving the way for Heller to become an incumbent Senator (very helpful in next year's election) and for Angle to become an incumbent Congresswoman.
Even if that's not his main intention, he's doing a good thing for the Republicans in Nevada.
Posted by: stuiec at April 21, 2011 03:14 PM (ELpjS)
Posted by: sifty at April 21, 2011 03:16 PM (+cmP9)
In any given case it may or may not be the right thing to do, it's just another double standard we have to fight against instead of actually doing things like budget cuts or getting rid of stifling regulations.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 21, 2011 03:17 PM (bxiXv)
only not the tainted kind
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 21, 2011 03:19 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 21, 2011 03:20 PM (61b7k)
Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2011 07:09 PM (M9Ie6)
.....and the defense would have been "it was just about sex", even if the dhim was caught porking a dead fuckin' dog.
Posted by: ontherocks at April 21, 2011 03:21 PM (HBqDo)
Looks like the little head was talking when the big head should have been.
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:21 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: Max Entropy at April 21, 2011 03:21 PM (lH6z9)
Posted by: logprof vows to lurk for realz this time at April 21, 2011 03:23 PM (BP6Z1)
No THAT would not be funny. Stupid, yes.
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 07:25 PM (JpFM9)
--Heh, now that was some of the funny reaction I was talking about! 
Posted by: logprof vows to lurk for realz this time at April 21, 2011 03:28 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 21, 2011 03:29 PM (081kp)
4 Another case of what if. If he had been a Dem not only would he not resign but he would stay in office until he died.
You know, Dems have it easy. Is it REALLY news when someone you expect to be a lying sleezebag, is caught being a lying sleezebag? That's why for Dems, this behavior is no big deal.
Posted by: louisianaLightning at April 21, 2011 03:29 PM (TJ8HB)
Posted by: TexasJew at April 21, 2011 03:31 PM (uR5Zf)
Nah, you're definitely good there.
Posted by: Zombies Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd at April 21, 2011 03:32 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: Zombie Ted at April 21, 2011 03:33 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2011 03:33 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: huerfano at April 21, 2011 03:33 PM (6zFxS)
If it's a special election, Trig should run for it!!!!
Posted by: jackin' stuef at April 21, 2011 03:34 PM (Y1DZt)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2011 03:34 PM (bgcml)
Exactly. Ensign's not doing this to save Sparazza, he's doing this to save Heller.
Posted by: Stanley Locke at April 21, 2011 03:35 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: g at April 21, 2011 03:35 PM (dO1zw)
Posted by: Sen. David Vitter at April 21, 2011 03:36 PM (W7Ddq)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2011 03:36 PM (bgcml)
DOOM...where is thy sting?!?!?!?!?
Posted by: Paladin at April 21, 2011 03:36 PM (nmc9V)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2011 07:34 PM (bgcml)
I'm going to guess that a lot of that, in both cases, is the unemployment extensions. Nevada's at, what, 14%?
Posted by: AmishDude at April 21, 2011 03:36 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: TexasJew at April 21, 2011 03:37 PM (uR5Zf)
Posted by: sTevo at April 21, 2011 03:38 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: DOOM at April 21, 2011 03:38 PM (W7Ddq)
Really???? Shocked, SHOCKED, I'm shocked I tell you!!!
Posted by: Paladin at April 21, 2011 03:39 PM (nmc9V)
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:40 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 21, 2011 03:41 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DarkLord, housesitting at April 21, 2011 03:42 PM (i6jxF)
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:43 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: DarkLord, housesitting at April 21, 2011 03:43 PM (i6jxF)
I don't know about lefties, but he did break the comments.
Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2011 03:43 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 21, 2011 03:45 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 21, 2011 07:44 PM (W7Ddq)
The guy who broke the blog. Haven't you been paying attention?
Sheesh.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 21, 2011 03:45 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 21, 2011 03:45 PM (54D5s)
Why I became a conservative? Well running a newspaper route and saving money certainly helped. The fact my dad support Taft in '52 probably gives you an idea of my family's leaning.
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:45 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: TexasJew at April 21, 2011 03:47 PM (uR5Zf)
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Posted by: Clearly, another nic should have said this at April 21, 2011 03:47 PM (YBXXa)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Apprentice at April 21, 2011 03:47 PM (YxBuk)
Anyone else?
I had innernut issues earlier, that I thought I fixed
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 21, 2011 03:48 PM (mrc1g)
Probably doesn't help that we all keep trying it to see if it's fixed.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 21, 2011 03:48 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Apprentice at April 21, 2011 03:48 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2011 03:49 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Apprentice at April 21, 2011 03:49 PM (YxBuk)
Pussy
Posted by: Budd Dwyer at April 21, 2011 03:50 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 21, 2011 03:50 PM (W7Ddq)
The first campaigning I did was for Barry Goldwater.
Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2011 03:51 PM (M9Ie6)
because that would be wrong...........
A lot of people absorb their parents' partisan affiliation without realizing it.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 21, 2011 03:51 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 21, 2011 03:51 PM (W7Ddq)
Posted by: Andy at April 21, 2011 03:52 PM (veZ9n)
Posted by: TexasJew at April 21, 2011 03:52 PM (uR5Zf)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 21, 2011 03:53 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: willow at April 21, 2011 03:54 PM (h+qn8)
Vic, I STILL have a can of AuH20. What do you reckon that taste like now?
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:54 PM (JpFM9)
A lot of people absorb their parents' partisan affiliation without realizing it.
My dad (who is a conservative) occasionally will look at me and say, "How did you end up a conservative?"
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at April 21, 2011 03:54 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Randolph Duke at April 21, 2011 03:54 PM (AYwIq)
64 I'm also a conservative because my mom always had talk radio on in the car when I was a kid and I think I absorbed it through osmosis.
That's similar to my story, although it had somewhat of a twisted effect. I grew up worrying about issues no kid should have to worry about. (A lot of her listening was in the area of heavy-duty social conservatism.) Lots of dire warnings about the state of education, family, the nation, the economy, etc.
Posted by: Book Geek at April 21, 2011 03:55 PM (1+OO5)
Posted by: wooga at April 21, 2011 07:52 PM (2p0e3)
Damn, Wooga, you ARE quick!
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:55 PM (JpFM9)
"We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain," Obama (progenitor of the drilling permatorium) said at a town-hall style meeting at a renewable energy plant in Reno.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 21, 2011 03:55 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 07:54 PM (JpFM9)
Like JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Posted by: TexasJew at April 21, 2011 03:56 PM (uR5Zf)
Posted by: willow at April 21, 2011 03:56 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:56 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2011 03:58 PM (0rXxT)
Probably still better than Goldschlager.
Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2011 03:58 PM (M9Ie6)
My dad was a Kennedy-Democrat (until McGovern ran) and my mom was a life-long Republican. We always talked about politics and current events in my house. I think a few things when I was young sealed my politics.
One was how the Democrats (especially) wanted to cut and run from Vietnam. Our neighbors across the street were a former Naval officer and his Vietnamese wife. We heard so much about her family and I was dumb-founded by the images of the people being rescued from the rooftops by helicopter. Knowing that the folks who wanted to leave them there included the asshole yippies who ruined the 4th of July for us one year also helped.
Abortion was another. It seemed obvious to me at aged 8 - and still very much obvious to me today, after many years of schooling (including a Ph.D. in developmental biology), that human life starts at conception and that human life is precious. No amount of gum flapping by people who want to justify killing an innocent someone else has shaken my position on that.
Finally, of all things, I remember arguing with my friend - we were probably about 9 or 10 - about school busing. I have no idea why it was in the news (I lived in a very integrated community by then, so it wasn't a local issue), but I could tell from her arguments that she thought the government should "make" people behave a certain way. It didn't make sense to me. I knew then, and know now, that peoples' hearts have to change from within. You can't legislate away social ills. It doesn't work.
Posted by: Y-not at April 21, 2011 03:58 PM (pW2o8)
Like JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Posted by: TexasJew at April 21, 2011 07:56 PM (uR5Zf)
So, do you think she shaves it? Not her face, which she needs to, the other.
Oh, that is a really BAD thought, sorry.
Posted by: Kemp at April 21, 2011 03:59 PM (JpFM9)
"We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain," Obama (progenitor of the drilling permatorium) said at a town-hall style meeting at a renewable energy plant in Reno
LMAO,
It just rolls off His tongue with nary a thought for the truth. Infuriating really.
Posted by: willow at April 21, 2011 04:00 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 21, 2011 04:01 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at April 21, 2011 04:03 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Soona at April 21, 2011 04:04 PM (QLZYU)
There is a Republican out there who is in the top 3 or 4 potential candidates for President. He wants to desperately run, but is trying to come up with a payoff for his mistress. Cheating is not unusual for him considering he even married a mistress in the past. Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at April 21, 2011 08:03 PM
I have a couple ideas. Does he have an Oldsmobile?
Posted by: zombie Ted Kennedy at April 21, 2011 05:10 PM (6zFxS)
Posted by: Comanche Voter at April 21, 2011 05:24 PM (3ESDJ)
Oh come on, name the guy if the claim has some credibility.
Top 4 potential candidates: Romney, Palin, Daniels, Huckabee.
Gingrich and Rudy are in Tier 2 with T Paw and Rick Perry.
Posted by: Dustin at April 21, 2011 07:40 PM (Q3nWV)
Posted by: Case at April 21, 2011 09:56 PM (0K+Kw)
Posted by: Matt at April 22, 2011 03:15 AM (FrvhH)
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