BREAKING: CONGRESSMAN JIM RAMSTAD TO RETIRE #6 | It’s Official, Ramstad’s Out

by Matt Martin | 5 Comments
September 17, 2007, 2:54 pm | Category: CD3 |

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  • Ashley
    September 17, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    If the Republicans are smart, they’ll endorse a conservative woman. State Rep. Joyce Peppin fits the bill perfectly. Her hard work in beating an incumbent Republican for endorsement and her sizable re-election percentage in 2006 show she knows what voters in the 3rd CD look for in their public servants.

  • Phoenix Woman
    September 17, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    The first thing my spouse said when he heard the news was “Oh, so the Republicans want to find a home for Michele Bachmann when her CD goes away?” Ashley’s comments above lend credence to that line of thought.

    Of course, Ramstad’s also joining the growing list of Republicans nationwide that are running for the exits in the wake of Bush and the neocons’ showing America what Republican greed-is-good ethics look like when taken to their logical conclusions. (Some, like Lincoln Chafee, are leaving the party entirely.)

  • Nitro
    September 17, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    I agree Phoenix,

    Jim Ramstand is old school rightie, a respectable man. He’s part of a rather large list of retiring Republicans.

    He is someone who didn’t always act like some who act like Patrick McHenry. I think he might just be disgusted with his party, but that’s just a hunch.

    But the writing on the wall is obvious, and no rightie can’t be thinking about that when they try to fall asleep at night.

    Maybe Jim will get a good night’s sleep soon, comforted in the fact that he won’t be responsible for the poor job performance of the right anymore.

  • Richard
    September 17, 2007 at 5:55 pm

    Ramsted is a dieing breed, a principled conservative. There aren’t many of them left anymore.

  • BobT
    September 17, 2007 at 11:40 pm

    Somewhat off-thread, but when I see principled people like Ramstad leaving the Repub slime machine, it makes me wonder how Randy Kelly and Norm Coleman feel about their decision to jump on the titanic just before it ran into the iceberg.

    Down with the Ship! Good riddance to them both!

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