as for the retirement scoreboard and the 2010 midterm election. the gop has announced five senate retirements, adding the open seats of former senators obama and biden, whose replacements are not running. that brings to five the number of open senate seats from the dems and six for the gop. in the house, there will be 13 open seats now held by democrats, but 18 now held by republicans. meantime, the far right challenger to republicans, senator john mccain, has made it official. former congressman and current radio talk show host and one-time sports caster, j.d. hayworth announcing today he will challenge mccain in the republican primary. quoting hayworth, what i am hearing from people, they want a consistent conservative. when it comes to the u.s. senate, he s been there too long. you have to ask what he s done in the last decade in arizona. let s turn to columnist for daily politics.com, david connor. good evening. happy presidents day, keith.
three senate democrats announced retirement. bayh of connecticut, dorgan of north dakota. the gop announced five senate retirements adding the open seats of former senators obama and biden whose replacements are not running. that brings to five the number of open senate seats from the dems and six for the gop. in the house there will be 13 open seats now held by democrats but 18 now held by republicans. meantime, the far right challenger to republicans, senator john mccain has made it official. former congressman and current radio talk show host and one-time sportscaster j.d. hayworth announcing today he will challenge mccain in the republican primary. quoting hayworth what i m hearing from people is they want a consistent conservative when it comes to the u.s. senate. he s been there too long. you have to ask what has he done in the last decade for arizona. turn to politics for daily.com david corn. happy presidents day. and to you, sir. start with senator bayh.
in the 2010 mid-term elections three senate democrats having announced retirement. bayh of indiana, dodd of connecticut and dorgan of north dakota. the gop announced five senate retirements adding the open seats of former senators obama and biden whose replacements are not running. that brings to five the number of open senate seats from the dems and six for the gop. in the house there will be 13 open seats now held by democrats but 18 now held by republicans. meantime, the far right challenger to republicans, senator john mccain has made it official. former congressman and current radio talk show host and one-time sportscaster j.d. hayworth announcing today he will challenge mccain in the republican primary. quoting hayworth what i m hearing from people is they want a consistent conservative when it comes to the u.s. senate. he s been there too long. you have to ask what has he done in the last decade for arizona. let s turn to the washington bureau chief, includenist for politics for