Ok here we go: Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa: "I’m prepared to vote for a clean res tomorrow.

[warrior1]

Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa: "I’m prepared to vote for a clean res tomorrow. It’s time to govern. I don’t intend to support a fool’s errand."

https://twitter.com/jonathanweisman

[steve2470]

1. nice knowing ya Rep. Dent, kiss your ass goodbye in your next election

However, you're going to do the right thing.

eta: He's from this district

LEHIGH VALLEY OFFICE

Serving constituents of the 15th District in the Lehigh Valley

BERKS COUNTY OFFICE

Serving constituents of the 15th District in Berks County

DAUPHIN COUNTY OFFICE

Serving constituents of the 15th District in Dauphin County

LEBANON COUNTY OFFICE

Serving constituents of the 15th District in Lebanon County

http://dent.house.gov/index.cfm?p=OfficeInformation

[Kablooie]

2. Yep, governing and doing the right thing is death to Republicans today.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. I'm not sure. There's a real distaste for what the GOP is doing to us in some quiet homes. n/t

[liskddksil]

18. This might help him in the 15th. District

The Lehigh Valley though swingy has been trending Democratic for a while in national elections, minus the his own office which he's held since 2004. Of course he has to get past the primary, but I'm not sure if a teabagger could really oust him for this.

[steve2470]

19. if there must be a Republican in this district, he's a better type to be sure nt

[appleannie1]

3. Be happy if he does but he will have to find a different career or switch parties if he hopes to

stay in government.

[steve2470]

4. agreed nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Really? Then get out of the party of fools.

Can't have it both ways, Charlie..............

[Ohio Joe]

6. So... One less terrorist out there

The question is... How many will hang onto being hostage takers?

[Dawson Leery]

7. He would be wise to seperate himself from the economic terrorist tea party.

[Berlin Expat]

10. That could be what he's thinking -

I'm sure that there's a part of the GOP that knows that if there's a shutdown, it's going to be hung around their necks like a damn millstone, and it could very well come back and bite them in the butt come next November.

The Teahadis, in their narrow-minded fanaticism, simply don't see this. It would seem Rep. Dent does, and he's trying to separate himself from the rest of the Tea Party lemmings who are all too willing to go off the cliff.

He'll probably get primaried out by some screeching lunatic.

[Nevernose]

13. I don't think the tea party will last

After anyone non-black is in the White House. They swear that's not their motivation, but it's been the common subtext for their insanity since the beginning. They sure don't have any objections that are logical or consistent.

[Left Coast2020]

25. And even wiser if he could ship them all over to China...

...i.e. FedEx overnight express.

[90-percent]

8. Dent

He's putting the interests of the country ahead of his own political interests. That's a very honorable thing for any modern Washington politician to do!


All the people running the country in Washington seem to do is create stuff for us to worry about, while we are all pretty horrified with the economically harsh way of modern life already.

We got enough to worry about struggling to hang on to what we've managed to earn for ourselves already. So many of us are closer to the brink of losing it all and giving up on our dreams of happiness and replacing them with a life of grey spirit crushing economic servitude.

On top of that, they make our lives even worse!

-90% Jimmy

[grantcart]

9. just wait for the markets to vote.

[TxDemChem]

11. Oh my. Hell just had a snow flurry.

I'd like to see it freeze over tomorrow.

[Cha]

16. Agreed.

[NeoConsSuck]

12. Someone is waking up...

with the Teaparty's latest approval ratings sinking to 22%, people are waking up to these nutjobs.

[dlwickham]

15. just retweeted that to my congress critter

but he's a hard core tea bagger so there's no hope he'll do the right thing

[Iliyah]

17. Wall Street may go down the toilet

on Monday and on my the 1%ers won't be too happy with their creation . . .present day GOP.

[Suburban Warrior]

20. The Rats are abandoning

the Carnival Cruz ship.

[Marie Marie]

21. He is my congressman.

He is so gerrymandered that he is safe (you should see the ridiculous way they cut up the districts to support this). Besides, all you ever here around here is that he "is a nice man". He is a representative with nothing substantial to his name. Shows up and votes usually along party lines - straying just enough to appear bipartisan and moderate. It is way past due for this man to lose his seat.

[pnwmom]

23. Gerrymandering won't protect him against a tea party candidate in the primary. PLEASE

send him a thank you!

[Warren DeMontague]

22. What, you mean you dont want to burn the building down because they took your stapler?

What kind of Republican ARE you???

[Historic NY]

24. Problem is Boehner won't put up a clean bill....

the baggers won't let him and he is spineless.

[gopiscrap]

26. good but why not tonight?

[ChangeUp106]

27. He's my Congressman

I hope we can finally get a D to beat him but in this case good for him