direction and i will not be a candidate for re-election this year. reporter: to republican representative lincoln diaz-balart from florida. i will not seek another term at the end of this year. reporter: the list is growing. kennedy and diaz-balart as well as diane watson of california and republican ellers of michigan announced they would retire rather than run for re-election, adding the number of representatives making bids for state-wide office rather than defending their offices and so far you ve got 31 open seats come the november elections. also, more retirements are expected in the weeks and months to come. while there are more house republicans than democrats retiring, the current political climate appears to favor the gop. the democrats are certainly much more negatively impacted. even democrats privately will admit that they re sure there are more retirements to come, more retirements of members who sit in vulnerable districts.
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. new public opinion polls show another drop of confidence in those in charge of the government. brown: and i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest numbers, and how they re impacting the political and policy landscape; lehrer: then, mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis; brown: paul solman s reporting on goldman sachs tonight, how the firm used taxpayer money to make more money. goldman sachs recently was borrowing between 100 to 150 basis points that s between one percentage point and 1.5 percentage points above what the government was borrowing in the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis since world war ii. that s incredible. it makes no sense. lehrer: then comes a preview of the winter olympics with reporter christine brennan in vancouver, where a training run proved deadly for one athlete today. lehrer: and the grit an
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. new public opinion polls show another drop of confidence in those in charge of the government. brown: and i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest numbers, and how they re impacting the political and policy landscape; lehrer: then, mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis; brown: paul solman s reporting on goldman sachs tonight, how the firm used taxpayer money to make more money. goldman sachs recently was borrowing between 100 to 150 basis points that s between one percentage point and 1.5 percentage points above what the government was borrowing in the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis since world war ii. that s incredible. it makes no sense. lehrer: then comes a preview of the winter olympics with reporter christine brennan in vancouver, where a training run proved deadly for one athlete today. lehrer: and the grit an
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