CQ:
Republican John McCain intends to run in 2010 for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, and the recent history of senators thwarted in bids for president suggests he’ll be able to rebound smartly from his loss to Democrat Barack Obama in last November’s White House contest.
John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who narrowly lost in 2004 to President George W. Bush , coasted to an easy victory last year for a fifth Senate term. Even South Dakota Democrat George S. McGovern, fresh off his 1972 landslide defeat at the hands of President Richard M. Nixon, came back to win a third Senate term in 1974, though he lost when he went to that well one more time in 1980.
Obama even gave McCain a big break by taking his strongest potential Arizona Democratic challenger out of the picture. Obama selected Janet Napolitano, a popular governor due to run up against the state’s term-limit law in 2010, as his pick to head the Department of Homeland Security. Until she accepted the Cabinet post, Napolitano appeared likely to run for the Senate in 2010, and early hypothetical polls suggested she would be a strong contender.
No one else appears poised to provide such a threat with Napolitano moved on to Washington.
My name is Andy Goss. Though I’m currently in Iraq, I anticipate being home in a few short months and I will run for Congress in CD8. It has been a privilege and honor to serve my country both in uniform and as an intelligence contractor. Now, I hope to have the privilege to serve again at home. I look forward to meeting and speaking with eveyone soon.
Andy Goss
Human Intelligence Support Team 582
Q West Base Complex
Ninawa Province, Iraq