Hastert Likely to Announce Resignation

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Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is expected to announce Thursday that he is resigning his seat in Congress effective later this year, eventually setting up a special election to succeed him, knowledgeable GOP sources said late Wednesday.

http://rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/20539-1.html

Roll Call reports that Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) is “expected to announce Thursday that he is resigning his seat in Congress effective later this year, eventually setting up a special election to succeed him.” In August, Robert Novak reported that Hastert would resign effective Nov. 6.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/17/hastert-to-announce-retirement-tomorrow/

[Mz Pip]

1. Can't happen soon enough

Bye Bye Fat Hastert.

Can you put us all out of our misery and do this like tomorrow maybe?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[LiberalFighter]

8. What good does it do for Hastert to resign if another repug gets elected?

They probably already have someone lined up to take his spot.

[Mz Pip]

10. I used to live in that area

not Hastert's district but nearby. I wouldn't say that another Repuke is necessarily a given.

Times they are a changing.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[LiberalFighter]

14. I hope so.

I went to a funeral last year in Aurora and there were oodles of Republicans attending.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. Well Rumsfeld, Rove, Gonzales and Hastert gone can't be ALL bad.

Buh-bye best example of pork barrel spending there ever was. MKJ

:hi:

[Lint Head]

3. How can these fucks stay in office for so long in spite of

their insipid corruption and obvious criminality? :dem:

[hatrack]

9. Well, let's just say that it's amazing what you can do with a district map and a computer

Just ask the Texas Legislature . . .

[Mojambo]

4. What will he do without those government subsidized donuts?

It's gonna be tough going back to the private sector for all your snacking, Denny.

[MichDem10]

5. May he rot in piece!

[madrchsod]

6. ya beat me to the punch

if he does i`ll be a happiest guy here in ronny land....

[terisan]

7. Is there an indictment in his future or does he want to cash into private sector while

retiring Republicans are still getting industry payoffs ?

[dogman]

12. He hasn't waited to cash in.

Hope there are subpoenas in his future.

[laststeamtrain]

11. He wants to spend more time with his kielbasa no doubt. n/t

[Botany]

13. Please will not somebody think of the Kielbasa?

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Abramoff & Duke Cunningham have been talking?????????

[laststeamtrain]

15. Damn! Those look good.

I might save 'em for breakfast. Scramble a few eggs, fry some spuds w/ peppers & onions...

Oh yeah. Congestive Heart Failure. Never mind.

I can still look & admire though.
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Maybe in addition to Jack & Duke, Denny's worried about Larry Craig. And where the hell is Mark Foley?

Larry Flynnt is turning over rocks & there's bugs underneath. Interesting times.