I wonder if there’s much chance of a Dem taking his place.
Weirder things have happened, but yeah, you are probably correct.
I wonder if he’ll try and turn it over to one of his Mittlettes. Probably Tag Romney.
“He was the subject of speculation in February 2013 that he would run for the United States Senate from Massachusetts in the 2014 election. He declined to do so, saying that “the timing is not right for me.”
I love Utah and have experienced many weird things there! 
Not a political ally of the progressives by any stretch, but one of the last members of the opposition who was capable of reason. Plus he was the first U.S. Senator in history to vote in favor of convicting an impeached President of his own party and remains the only one in history to do so twice.
I fear conditions in the legislature won’t improve with his departure unless an extremely unlikely candidate takes his place.
There’s always a chance someone could Doug Jones into it.
Stand aside y’all!
Robert Reich offers us a lot of commonsense, well-tested advice here:
He takes a lot of shit on LinkedIn, including some borderline stalkers, but man it’s nice to see his posts.
It’s hilarious to see RWNJs complain about him posting about politics on LI…and then reminding them he’s a professor of political science - it’s his job.
Biden should go there before Trump and visit the picket line.
Wow. Fuck you.
And how can you be a Senator and not know basic labor law?
Statisticians did a big meta-study years ago to see if they could identify a measurable increase in deadly air traffic accidents coinciding with Reagan’s decision to give so many experienced flight controllers the boot at the same time. I can’t find the study at the moment but I remember the conclusion was that there was a significant body count involved. Not to mention the devastating impact on the labor movement.
He’s a republican. They thrive on malicious and willful ignorance.
