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I've been following politics for several years now, but having a blog makes you focus a little more sharply on daily developments. So I wonder, are all of these announcements of prominent, long-term Republican Senator retirements par for the course? Or is it a case of "rats off of a sinking ship?" Either way, it's going to make things much more interesting in 2008.
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Sen. Pete Domenici Expected to Retire
Veteran Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate in 2008, according to several informed sources, a decision that further complicates an already difficult playing field for Republicans next November.
Domenici has struggled with health problems over the last several years and has been dogged by questions about the role he may have played in the firing of U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in Albuquerque. As a result, he had been long been rumored as a potential retirement. Domenici's Senate office did not return a call this afternoon, but sources close to the senator say he will fly home to New Mexico tomorrow to make the announcement that he is retiring. . .
Read the rest at: Blog.WashingtonPost.com
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