Apr 07
Is Bart Stupak retiring? <http://politics.upnorthmommy.com/2010/04/is-bart-stupak-retiring/>4 Comments <http://politics.upnorthmommy.com/2010/04/is-bart-stupak-retiring/#comments> Posted by Kim Priestap <http://politics.upnorthmommy.com> in Politics <http://politics.upnorthmommy.com/category/politics/>
That's the rumor from MSNBC <http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/07/2259778.aspx>:
*Stupak to call it quits?* With just a few days to go before the end of this recess, House Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they could get through it without a single retirement announcement. That said, there is still a concern that some important incumbents in districts that they are uniquely suited could call it quits. At the top of the concern list this week: Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak. The Democrat best known this year as the Democrat who delivered the winning margin of votes for the president's health-care reform bill is said to be simply exhausted. The criticism he received --- first from the left, and then from the right --- has worn him and his family out. And if he had to make the decision now, he'd probably NOT run. As of this writing, a bunch of senior Democrats (many of the same ones who twisted his arm on the health care vote) are trying to talk him into running. The filing deadline in Michigan is still a month away, but veterans of that state's politics are skeptical anyone other than Stupak can hold that district in this political climate.He's made clear his willingness to compromise the pro-life principles he's held so near and dear to his heart for many years, so he sold out the one thing that kept his constituents voting for him. It doesn't help that his Republican opponent, Dan Banishek <http://danbenishekforcongress.com/> who is a doctor of all things, is raking in the cash and will be a formidable opponent, and that he now has a Democratic primary challenger <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-saltonstall/why-i-decided-to-challeng_b_520971.html>. These put him in the very uncomfortable position of having to publicly defend his vote for ObamaCare until election day in November. Since he's not used to facing a serious challenge for his seat, he may not have the stomach for the fight.
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