Retirement rumors loom over senator with Attorneys-linked ethics problem | Michael Roston | Published: Thursday April 12, 2007
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." ...
Thursday, April 12, 2007
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