Check out the pic at the link, while it's up. It's really funny!
It looks like the Republicans are fleeing en masse...the smart ones at least.
Rep. David Hobson, a nine-term Republican from Ohio, announced plans to retire Sunday, the 12th member of his party to do so since the beginning of the year.
"I wanted to go out on top," said Hobson, who said his health is good. He would have faced token opposition at best had he sought a new term.
The 71-year-old Hobson became the third member of the Ohio delegation to announce retirement plans. Rep. Ralph Regula, who has been in Congress since 1973, announced recently he will not run again. Rep. Deborah Pryce, who narrowly won re-election in 2006, had previously said her current term will be her last.
Hobson served two terms from his west-central Ohio district before Republicans gained control of the House in 1994. His seniority soon enabled him to become one of the so-called cardinals, chairmen of Appropriations subcommittee with great authority over selected programs. He served as chairman of the panel with jurisdiction over military housing, then over energy and water programs until Democrats gained their majority last year.
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It looks like the Republicans are fleeing en masse...the smart ones at least.
Rep. David Hobson, a nine-term Republican from Ohio, announced plans to retire Sunday, the 12th member of his party to do so since the beginning of the year.
"I wanted to go out on top," said Hobson, who said his health is good. He would have faced token opposition at best had he sought a new term.
The 71-year-old Hobson became the third member of the Ohio delegation to announce retirement plans. Rep. Ralph Regula, who has been in Congress since 1973, announced recently he will not run again. Rep. Deborah Pryce, who narrowly won re-election in 2006, had previously said her current term will be her last.
Hobson served two terms from his west-central Ohio district before Republicans gained control of the House in 1994. His seniority soon enabled him to become one of the so-called cardinals, chairmen of Appropriations subcommittee with great authority over selected programs. He served as chairman of the panel with jurisdiction over military housing, then over energy and water programs until Democrats gained their majority last year.
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