Somebody call up Stu Rothenberg and Charlie Cook (ooh, Charlie had this one as Likely Democratic): they need to adjust their Democratic DOOMWatch lists again.
Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry to retire
Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow morning, according to three sources briefed on the decision.
Berry will become the sixth Democrat in a competitive seat to leave in the last two months but the first to announce his retirement since the party’s special election loss in Massachusetts last Tuesday.
Speculation was rampant after his comments a couple of days ago; note that politicians routinely deny that they’re going to retire until they actually do. Presumably, there’s always the hope of a convenient asteroid strike or something as a game-changer. It’s a shame, in its way: we were all going to really enjoy watching Berry lose that race. As the video at the link shows, the man was seriously off of his game. When you can’t even remember your own farm subsidy shenanigans…
Moe Lane
PS: It looks more or less like Rick Crawford for AR-01, on the GOP side. Check him out.
Crossposted to RedState.