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sailingaway
04-09-2012, 10:45 AM
Tim Johnson to retire. Rep. Tim Johnson, an Illinois Republican who has been in Congress since 2001 and who only last month won renomination in the primary, announced April 5 that he changed his mind and intended to retire, citing family obligations. The move came as a total shock and left the GOP scrambling to find a replacement. Johnson, 65, is usually returned to office with considerable landslides, though Democrats this year did what they could to redraw his district and make life uncomfortable for him in November. (The new 13th district, as currently formulated, went to Barack Obama with 55 percent four years ago.) But his Democratic opponent, David Gill, is the same guy he defeated three times in the past, most recently in 2010 with 64 percent of the vote.

Johnson is a bit of a maverick, having called for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also has endorsed Ron Paul for the GOP presidential nomination.

http://www.wwno.org/post/who-will-be-romneys-running-mate

Perhaps there is some health issue we don't know yet. However, this underlines the fact that we need to support our people, we want to gain seats, not lose them.

FSP-Rebel
04-09-2012, 10:49 AM
well that's a swift kick in the bollocks