Why Did Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) Decide Not to Run Again?
March 3, 2010 at 5:51 PM Leave a comment
There are allegations out there (which Republicans are l.o.v.i.n.g.) that Eric Massa (D-NY) won’t seek re-election because he allegedly (allegedly people — as in innocent until proven guilty) sexually harassed a male staffer. But then there’s this, from CQ Politics:
Freshman Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is expected to announce on a 3:30 p.m. conference call that he will not run for a second term in November.
A source who has spoken to Massa said he is leaving because of a reoccurrence of cancer.
So which came first, the chicken or the egg? It seems to me that Massa decided to make this announcement because of a recurrence of cancer, but that Republicans are turning it into something else. After all, we wouldn’t want one single American to feel sympathy for a DemocRAT, would we?
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