breaking this evening: senator pete domenici (r-new mexico) is set to announce he will not seek a seventh term when his sixth ends next year. domenici has served in the senate for 35 years and is one of the most senior republicans in congress.as chris cillizza of the post reports in "the fix":
domenici has struggled with health problems over the last several years and has been dogged by questions about the role he may have played in the firing of u.s. attorney david c. iglesias in albuquerque. as a result, he had long been rumored as a potential retirement. domenici's senate office did not return a call this afternoon, but sources close to the senator say he will fly home to new mexico tomorrow to make the announcement that he is retiring.
with domenici's retirement looming, he makes the fourth republican to jump the GOP sinking ship this year. earlier this year, republican senators john warner (virginia), chuck hagel (nebraska) and wayne allard (colorado) also announced plans to not seek re-election.
do you think bush and the remainder of the GOP field might be getting the hint?
the party has lost its way. no more are the days of reagan (thank buddah). but hey..... what we got ain't any better.
by the way.... domenici was one of the republicans to condemn bush's iraq war policy earlier this year. hmmm......... there appears to be a trend.
oh....and for those keeping score at home: republicans must now defend 22 of the 34 senate seats in 2008. the dems only have 12 seats up for re-election.....
i'm feeling better already.....
e.
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