Henry Waxman will not seek reelection
Let us face it, we have been swimming in a sea of political bad news for about a decade now so I thought I would bring you just a little bit of good news for a change: Henry Waxman has announced that he will not seek reelection.
Rep. Henry A. Waxman, whose legislative record has made him one of the country’s most influential liberal lawmakers for four decades, announced Thursday that he will retire from his Westside seat, the latest in a wave of departures that is remaking the state’s long-stable congressional delegation.
In the article linked to above Henry Waxman is quoted as saying that Obamacare fulfilled his lifelong dream of providing healthcare to millions of Americans. Of course somewhere around 6 million Americans have lost their healthcare coverage due to the law while only about 1/3 of them have actually been able to obtain new insurance, so his lifelong dream really has not panned out all that well.
Between he and Max Baucus, who predicted Obamacare would be a train wreck, the Democrats are losing two key authors of the troubled legislation. With support for Obamacare falling 46% since it was signed into law it seems as if he sees the writing on the wall. He cannot run from this legislation because he helped to craft it so rather than risk the embarrassment of losing his seat after 40 years in office he has decided to politically die with dignity by stepping aside.
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Of course his seat will be filled by someone as far to the left as he is. At least we won’t have to see his arrogant pasty face anymore.
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Rumor has it Sarah Fluke is going to run. There is no chance for Republicans to pick up this seat, but at least we will be rid of Waxman.
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I read somewhere today that Waxman blames the Tea Parties for his decision not to run again. Well, ALL RIGHT!!!!
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I heard this as well, chalk one up for the good guys!
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I suspect Waxman saw the hand writing on the wall and knows the Republicans will keep control of the next congress denying him the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee and then he is a 20 term congressman. There are some reports that Sanda Fluke may seek his Los Angles seat. And yes, the Tea Party did have something to do with his disparture—they gave back control of the House to the Republicans.
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I think you are right, if he thought there was a chance of him getting back his committee chair I think he would have run again so this could be a sign he feels Dems are not going to win the House.
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Although it will be nice to be done with him after all these years, the thought of Congresswoman Sandra Fluke is just nauseating.
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I hear you there! Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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Yesterday, here in Illinois, we had the State of the State Address given by Gov. Quinn. I just thought you all might like to know that it is STRONG! Need I tell you that I spit my coffee out when I heard him say that??!! Our Gov. Quinn is up for re-election and I hear there are a number of Republicans that are going to try their hand in unseating this poor excuse of a Governor. We are struggling as a state, thanks to the Democrats that are in control. However, we have money for all the freebies for the welfare recipients AND the illegals that are coming in. As long as there is anyone working in this state, he will bleed us dry. He is not trying to attract big business and our BIG companies of ADM, Tate and Lyle and CAT are iffy at this point as to IF they want to keep their companies in our state. I have said it before, the majority of Illinois is conservative, but when you get up around Chicago and one or two small counties down in the southern tip of the state, you have the liberal votes. Somehow they always seem to find the votes, in trunks, basements, you name it, they come up with them.
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Whew, you must feel better after hearing your governor’s reassurances! 😉
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