More Walsh retirement rumors — how did I miss this?
Luckily, the Walsh Watch is on the case (linking to Chris Cillizza’s The Fix’s Friday Line):
[A]s more and more Republican members of Congress head into retirement, it makes it far easier for other Congressman only considering retirement to walk away. It’s a lot easier to be the 18th man (or woman) off the ship than the second or third. Among those to keep an eye on in the coming months are Reps. Mike Castle (Del.), Bill Young (Fla.), Jim Walsh (N.Y.) and Tom Davis (Va.). All could face far tougher re-election fights than they are used to and might decide retirement is the more attractive option.
We first wrote about rumors of Walsh’s retirement some time ago. I don’t know if Cillizza has more information or if he’s just heard what we heard.
It would be the easy way out, wouldn’t it? Retire (on your “own terms”) and don’t allow the people you have pissed off to vote you out.
It would be very Walsh-like for him to retire at the last possible moment, thus setting up his party for a fall. He seems to possess very little party loyalty.