Thursday, January 8, 2009

Senator Bond To Retire

Good riddance:

Missouri Sen. Kit Bond (R) will retire in 2010, a decision that hands Democrats a prime pickup opportunity in a state where the party has made strides in recent years.

"In 1972, I became Missouri's youngest Governor," Bond said this morning in an address to the Missouri General Assembly. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I do not aspire to become Missouri's oldest Senator."

After the past two years of being a McCain wannabe on issues like immigration and a general government-can-fix-everything big spender, Bond wouldn't have gotten my vote, anyway.  Now maybe we can get some real conservative leadership in there, someone like Jim Talent.  It'll be a tough fight, but one that can definitely be won, and that will be a major step up from Bond.

There's my two cents.

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