I post this with regret regarding Rep. David Wu (D-Oregon). Something is seriously wrong here.

[stevedeshazer]

Rep. David Wu's staff confronted him over concerns about his mental health

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WASHINGTON -- Three days before the Nov. 2 election, U.S. Rep. David Wu’s most loyal and senior staffers were so alarmed by his erratic behavior that they demanded he enter a hospital for psychiatric treatment.

Their concern had been spiking for weeks in tandem with the Oregon Democrat's increasingly unpredictable performance on the campaign trail and in private. He was loud and sometimes angry, some of them told The Oregonian. He said kooky things to staff and -- more worrisome with a tough election fast approaching -- around potential voters and donors.

Most of all, they were worried for Wu, a 55-year-old single father of two children.

Earlier and gentler efforts had failed, so the tight-knit group of high-level staff took other steps, including quiet inquiries about the availability of beds in hospitals in Portland and Washington, D.C., multiple sources familiar with the effort told The Oregonian.

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Much more @ link: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/rep_david_wus_staff_confronted.html

[murielm99]

1. This is very sad.

I hope he can get the help he needs.

[somone]

2. Sad thing is many people in that situation tend to be in denial

and refuse to seek help.

[stevedeshazer]

4. That seems to be the problem here.

[Dappleganger]

3. Sounds serious...

and as if he was self-medicating with alcohol, which happens often. Growing up with a bipolar father, I really feel for his kids and hope he gets the help he needs.