Yer out

By Michael J.W. Stickings

It isn't good new for the Democrats, who saw the 2010 Senate election in Kentucky as an opening against a deeply unpopular Republican incumbent and who will now likely face a tougher task winning in that red state against a different and much more popular opponent (state SoS Trey Grayson), but I welcome Jim Bunning's (possibly impending -- his minions are denying it) retirement.

The HoF pitcher, who played mostly with the Tigers and Phillies (and who threw a perfect game), is one of the craziest (and most dimwitted) Republicans on Capitol Hill (which is saying something). In 2006, Time magazine named him one of the five worst senators (which is also saying something). (See also his Wikipedia page.)

So, sure, it would nice if the reports were wrong and he stood for re-election as an easy target next year, but I suppose what's bad for the Democrats can be good, in a way, for American democracy. (Besides, Democrats intend to work hard to pick up the seat whether it's Bunning or Grayson, or anyone else. They may just have to work a little harder now.)