Tough shit, Pete, suck it up... Besides, NM's a great place to retire...

hell like you've never experienced, eh...?

The Associated Press today reports on rumors that Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), one of two members of Congress in possible ethical trouble for allegedly contacting the U.S. Attorney in New Mexico to discuss grand jury proceedings, may retire. But the senator's staff pointed to the ample money he has raised as evidence he won't quit.

"Down the road, as the election comes — will questions about his health or the (U.S. attorney) story hurt his campaign?" asked University of New Mexico political science professor Lonna Atkeson in an interview with the AP.

At a recent banquet in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Republican apparently "called recent weeks 'hell' like he had never experienced his entire career."

Since an ethics complaint was filed against the senator in February for calling U.S. Attorney David Iglesias prior to the November 2006 elections and inquiring about the status of grand jury proceedings in a political fraud case, Democrats have seen an opportunity to defeat the longtime Republican senator, comparing him with Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), who was linked into the Abramoff scandal.

ya know what...? when these guys start boo-hooing, i glaze over... they've enabled the bush administration to march steadfastly down the path to a one-party, authoritarian state for 6+ years without uttering a peep to stop them... they should have thought of the consequences both for themselves and for the country they supposedly were elected to serve before they agreed to play along with criminals...

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