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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:10 AM Original message |
"BREAUX TO RETIRE AT END OF TERM" |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's good |
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diplomats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But he usually voted with his party |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I sympathize |
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CMT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Too bad |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Breaux is unlikely to do that - Like Miller |
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DEMActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is EXCELLENT news |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Too optomistic. |
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markus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Breaux is not a pretend Democrat |
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mndemocrat_29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Landrieu won with Breaux's support |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh no! |
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revcarol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. He overstayed his welcome by a long shot. |
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markus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Privatize Medicare? |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 06:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Me, too |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. What does he plan to do? He doesn't look too old enough to retire. |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. VP? |
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Flying_Pig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Leaving, no doubt to lap at the trough of special interest/lobby $$'s |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Not to mention the nice pension plan that he gets. |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. There are plenty of candidates |
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goobergunch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Shit. This seat is now a TOSS-UP. If we're lucky. |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't write Louisiana off so fast. |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Yes, but "tossup" is still much worse than "solid 'D'" |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 02:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Second reply after research. |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 06:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. History may disagree with you |
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markus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 07:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. In Louisiana's open primary |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. Landrieu's brother is an up and comer |
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goobergunch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Not that I know of |
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NewJerseyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 06:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Don't forget the Levin brothers |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. All the more reason to nominate someone like Wes Clark |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Oh come on |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 11:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I've seen plenty of Howard Dean |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 12:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Bah. Clark runs an amateur campaign. |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 01:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I hear ya |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 11:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. You do not support Lieberman? |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Clark would do better in the South than Lieberman |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. One of the last of the DINOs will soon be extinct |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 11:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. John Breaux was no DINO |
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mndemocrat_29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 11:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I can't believe all of the people who just dismiss Breaux |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. But this is DU |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 11:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I agree. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 12:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I agree. Breaux was, in general, a good Senator. |
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mndemocrat_29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 01:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I totally agree |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 01:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Yep |
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goobergunch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 02:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I concur. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Well after tomorrow.....if Buddy Leach isn't in the runoff for Gov... |
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Chomskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. HE voted against Bush's Yucca Mountain Plan |
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markus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 07:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. And was otherwise very pro-nucyular |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Kerry Breaux |
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Frank46 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 03:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Billy Tauzin would be toughest elephant |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. replacing Breaux with another Dem is a lost cause anyway |
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mndemocrat_29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 09:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Huh? |
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Chomskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 04:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. But could he beat Richard Ieyoub? |
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NewJerseyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 06:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Tauzin doesn't want to run for senate |
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mndemocrat_29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 08:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. True |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. when i heard this rumor a few months back... |
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Starpass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-03 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. Novak broke this on Inside Politics about two weeks ago |
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