Blue Dog Tanner To Retire
Democrat Blue Dog John Tanner of Tennesse has unexpectedly announced he will retire in 2010.
This is the second retirement (the other being Dennis Moore of Kansas) of a Blue Dog Democrat in a marginal district and thus will likely present the GOP with a pickup opportunity.
UPDATE: State Senator Roy Herron is going to run.
I agree the race leans to the Democrats but they will have to work for it.
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I think the choice for a lot of Blue Dogs next year is going to be one of whether to fight a campaign with no party support, or get out now and save the embarrassment. Asmuch as liberals protested the way that Scozzofava was treated by conservatives in November, they have their own plans of serious election challenges to Blue Dogs next year.