Bunning Bows Out

[Beau Ouiville]

I think I saw this one coming. Even Republicans were cringing wondering what the guy was going to pull next.

"Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) announced Monday that he would not run for a third term in 2010, unhappily bowing to pressure from Republican leaders who had urged him to retire. After a decade in the Senate, Bunning, a baseball Hall of Fame member, had seen his political star fade in the Bluegrass State, to the point that Republicans feared his seat would fall to Democrats next November if he remained on the ballot. Led by fellow Kentuckian and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, GOP leaders mounted an unsubtle campaign in recent months to persuade Bunning to hang up his spikes."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...?hpid=politics

[kevin1]

A wise decision on the part of the party and Bunning, and at least he didn't switch parties to keep his job like that turncoat Arlen Specter.