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EJ Fagan's avatar

Durbin to retire.

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James Trout's avatar

GOOD! The Land of Lincoln needs new blood in the US Senate.

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Burt Kloner's avatar

now if only charlie will do the same

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James Trout's avatar

My old boss isn't up until 2028.

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PollJunkie's avatar

Charlie who?

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James Trout's avatar

Schumer.

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ArcticStones's avatar

As opposed to King Chuck of the UK.

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James Trout's avatar

This Anglophile and monarchist wants him on the throne until Prince George reaches 18. I maintain a major reason why His Majesty is the way he is is due to his Her Late Majesty ascending the throne before he turned four years old.

Speaking of things English, today is both St George's Day (England's patron saint) and Prince Louis' 7th birthday. Sorry, couldn't resist.

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ArcticStones's avatar

IтАЩll trade our Mad King for yours any day!

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Mike in MD's avatar

I too am an Anglophile, and maybe I didn't mention it here, but last month there was St. David's Day, the patron saint of Wales, on March 1. (Why should the Irish with St. Patrick's Day have all the March fun?)

I have English and Welsh ancestry on my father's side; I thought it was Irish until my parents discovered through Ancestry.com that what we thought was Irish was actually Welsh. Mother's side is Polish and Ukrainian.

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Harrison Konigstein's avatar

He really should resign (preferably after the state legislature strips Hochul of her ability to appoint a replacement).

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Darren Monaghan's avatar

In this open Illinois seat, in a hypothetical Democratic primary, I'd be torn over Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton & congresswoman Lauren Underwood, both would be huge upgrades over Dick Durbin!! ЁЯТЩЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ▓

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Miguel Parreno's avatar

Glad he could read the room. Time for a massive upgrade in the state I grew up in.

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Paleo's avatar

The Durbin who was elected to the House in the 80s is not the Durbin you see today. He was a fighter, especially for farmers and blue collar workers. He seemed to lose his edge after getting into the senate.

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Miguel Parreno's avatar

I don't doubt it at all. I don't think he's been all THAT bad until the last 10 years when we needed something different from business as usual.

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Kevin H.'s avatar

IDK i feel like some of these guys get lost in the minutiae of running the place and forget why they're there. I didn't help that he got old and that tends to slow people down.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Durbin is an institutionalist and a very decent human being. In less politically-polarized times he would have been excellent. But heтАЩs simply not the fighter that we need right now.

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Zero Cool's avatar

The last great principled thing Durbin did was being consistently against the Iraq War. He has a history more in common with Nancy Pelosi in this sense (Pelosi voted against the Iraq War).

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Justin Gibson's avatar

He was a great Senator, but it was time for him to say no to re-election.

JB Pritzker, if he runs, could end up picking a new ticketmate.

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