Blue dog retirements plague Democrats in House

USA Today:

Veteran Tennessee Rep. Bart Gordon on Monday became the fourth centrist Democrat in three weeks to announce his retirement, leaving his party with another tough-to-defend seat in next year's elections.

"It's going to be a difficult cycle for Democrats," said Stuart Rothenberg, publisher of the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report.

Gordon is one of 11 Democrats who have announced they will not run for re-election. On the Republican side, 12 House members are retiring or running for another office, such as Delaware's Mike Castle, who has announced his bid for the Senate seat long held by Vice President Biden. Rothenberg rates seven of the Democratic open seats as potentially changing parties, compared with three Republican open seats.

"We have more swing districts overall," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat who heads his party's congressional campaign committee. "We've said from Day One that this is going to be a very challenging cycle."

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These retirements are mostly from candidates who see a swing away from Democrats because of the liberal policies Pelosi et.al have been pushing. I expect there will be more retirements.

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