Ohio Rep. Hobson to Retire
Rep. David Hobson, a nine-term Republican from Ohio, announced plans to retire Sunday, the 12th member of his party to do so since the beginning of the year.
"I wanted to go out on top," said Hobson, who said his health is good. He would have faced token opposition at best had he sought a new term.
The 71-year-old Hobson became the third member of the Ohio delegation
to announce retirement plans. Rep. Ralph Regula, who has been in Congress since 1973, announced recently he will not run again. Rep. Deborah Pryce, who narrowly won re-election in 2006, had previously said her current term will be her last.
I think this is an example of Taft's brilliance continued, which many do not understand, such as Taft's constant overtaxing and over regulating the citizens of Ohio simply to give them a platform to show their displeasure. In this case Ohio Republicans are getting so many of their peers to retire so as to confuse the Democrats and make them spread their money too thinly to win in 2008.
See? Brilliant.
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