We need GOP senators to start resigning. Or switching parties.
Maybe donât run again if youâre going to serve out an entire month of your upcoming term. Just a thought.
Looks like a winnable seat for Dems.
Went 51.3 to 48.7 in 2018.
Rats, ship, jumping Some assembly requiredâŚ
Hopefully a pickup for the demsâŚ.
U go through the motions to get re elected then u up and quit at the beginning of your term? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Member of the House Judiciary Committee. HmmâŚ
you must be looking at the wrong numbers. PA-12 (marinoâs district) went 66 to 34 for Marino, and went for Trump by 36.5 points.
Actually, the current 12th is an extremely Republican district â R+17 according to Cook PVI, meaning that the generic margin would be estimated at 34 percent. Marino won last yearâs vote, 66.0 percent to 34.0. You may be looking at the old 12th (before the 2018 court-ordered redistricting).
Thatâs 1 less vote needed for impeachment for so long as the seat remains vacant.
Marino is in a safe district which leads one to ask, âwhy now?â
What??? It was 66% R, 34% D in the 2018 midterms. See https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania's_12th_Congressional_District_election,_2018
What this does say is that Republicans are VERY frustrated to be in the minority in the House. They made it so partisan that they might as well be f*n potted plants at this point. Staff is cut and all they can do is sit back and whine (sort of like their âpresidentâ).
This is an example of why they will have real problems come 2020. Good candidates will not want to run with Trump on the ticket, and recruiting will be a bitch. Meanwhile, the Democrats will be able to land great recruits, both in the house and the senate (see e.g. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/425833-schumer-recruiting-top-notch-candidate-for-mccain-senate-seat ).
2020 is looking like 2018 was for the Democrats, the time to jump up and get a good federal gigâŚ
I think heâs resigning to take a job in the private sector with Red Finch Solutions, LLC.
âWhy now?â
New Dem Oversight Comm might be investigating Big Pharma pricing violations and âTommy Boyâ is in the crosshairs??
Nope. I live in this district. As much as I wish it were winnable for Dems, it just isnât.
Not yet!
So what do you think is the real story here? Why run for a job then stay in for 20 days? Investigations? Indictments?
The article said heâd survived several bouts of cancer, so that could be the reason. I can relate; we lost my sister-in-law just last week to her third bout.
Of course, with campaign collusion stuff coming down the pike, it could be he sees a collateral damage shitstorm coming.
Not knowing anything about him, Iâll go with health reasons unless/until I hear otherwise.
He saw Giulianiâs interview yesterday, and knows they are lining up the sycophants to throw to the lions. Hoping he can sneak out the back door?
Just a thought.
Thought his team was gonna win and heâd get to vote on big (or huge) winning things and it would be awesome, found out they didnât win and minority rule is no fun, pooped his britches and quit like a big whiny baby.
I donât think thereâs necessarily more to it than that. These arenât exactly committed public servants weâre talking about. They donât really like work or other hard things.
We donât need GOPers jumping their ship to become Democrats. The Democratic Party is far too white, male, and conservative already.
So, this private sector job suddenly became available? Seems sort of stupid to spend all the time, effort and money to get reelected only to resign a couple months later. Weâre not getting the full story here.