Bart Stupak announces he will not run for re-election

  Chalk up another victory for the Tea Party protesters because today Bart Stupak is set to announce he will “retire” at the end of his term.

  He can claim all he wants that this decision was not based on his healthcare reform vote, but we all know that this is simply not true. He has been facing enormous scrutiny, not only from his constituents but from citizens all around the country, and there is no way that this scrutiny did not play a role in his decision. Hopefully Bart Stupak’s conscience played a role in his decision to “retire” as well.

  Bart Stupak is the man who handed over the final votes needed to pass healthcare reform and he did it for a promise from the president that federal funding would not be used for abortions, and possibly in return for airport grant money. The president did deliver on the promise, but it is a promise that can be changed at any time, meanwhile Michigan will be able to keep the blood money that Bart Stupak’s deal brought in.

  This could be the biggest name yet to fall victim to the movement that was laughed at just one short year ago, but this won’t be the last one to fall– in November we are coming for the rest of you.