House: Ferguson Retirement Creates Another Competitive Open Seat

[Kber]

Source: Washington Post

UPDATE, 6:30 pm: In a major blow to Republican recruiting, state Sen. Tom Kean Jr. (R) removed himself from consideration late this afternoon. "I would like to thank the various party leaders, activists and supporters who have reached out to me and urged me to run for Congress," Kean said. "However, I will not be a candidate for Congressman Ferguson's seat.

ORIGINAL POST:
New Jersey Republican Rep. Mike Ferguson announced he will not run for re-election in 2008, leaving House Republicans with yet another swing seat to defend next November.

"Being a representative in Congress is more meaningful than I had imagined, and I know that now is the right time to step away from public life to focus more on family life while our children are still young," said Ferguson in a statement released by his office.



Read more: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/11/house_ferguson_retirement_crea.html

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Good news for me- I live here.

[Baby Snooks]

1. The rats certainly are jumping ship...

Some of these schmucks just want to retire in delusional glory rather than be retired at the polls. They are like rats on a sinking ship. Jumping from every square inch of the SS Republican Party which struck an iceberg in 2000 and has managed somehow to bail enough water to keep itself afloat. But the rats are jumping ship and so there is no one else to bail water. Just the captain and his crew. And Madame Speaker.