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weblogs.sun-sentinel.com - 10/13/2009
Robert Wexler to resign from Congress
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Update: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, plans to resign from Congress. Wexler plans to meet with reporters Wednesday morning in Boca Raton to detail his next move. A Democratic source with knowledge of Wexler’s plans said the seven-term congressman is ...
miamiherald.com - 10/14/2009
U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler to step down
— miamiherald.com — U.S. House of Representatives member Robert Wexler of Boca Raton, a self-described ``fire-breathing liberal,'' defender of Israel... and friend of both President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist, is quitting Congress to head a think tank seeking peace ... (more) U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler to step down

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washingtonindependent.com - 10/13/2009
Wexler to Resign Florida Congressional Seat. What Obama Job Will He Get? « The Washington ...
— washingtonindependent.com — Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), the self-described “ fire breathing liberal ” congressman, is going to announce his... resignation from Congress tomorrow morning, according to the Sun-Sentinel . And the paper adds: A Democratic source with knowledge of ... (more) Wexler to Resign Florida Congressional Seat. What Obama ...

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miamiherald.com - 10/14/2009
U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler to step down
— miamiherald.com — U.S. House of Representatives member Robert Wexler of Boca Raton, a self-described ``fire-breathing liberal,'' defender of Israel... and friend of both President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist, is quitting Congress to head a think tank seeking ... (more) U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler to step down

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FL-19: Wexler to Step Down
Swing State Project — Here's a surprise: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, plans to resign from Congress. He plans to announce his plans at a news conference Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Boca Raton., A Democratic source with knowledge of Wexler's plans said he is likely to take a public policy job that deals with the Middle East. Democrats shouldn't have to worry about holding Wexler's seat -- Obama won Wexler's CD by a 65-34 margin in 2008, and John Kerry earned a similar margin four years earlier. The St. Pete ...

Breaking: Rep. Robert Wexler resigning from Congress.
RedState — Which is… interesting.  After all, FL-19 is a D+16 district.  On the other hand, his district includes parts of Boca Raton, which is another way of saying that there’s a lot of old people in his district.  Certainly his fellow-Democrat Ron Klein is facing a race next district over with Allen West.  But surely we’re not doing that well in the 2010 expectations game, surely? Moving along, speculation is that Wexler’s up for the ambassadorship to Israel.  If true, this should infuriate progressives: ...

Report: Wexler to Resign from Congress
The BRAD BLOG — ... Florida's Sun-Sentinel is reporting that Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) will announce tomorrow that he's resigning from Congress: ...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/13/09
Daily Kos — ... And this little bit of late breaking news: Democrat Robert Wexler will apparently resign from Congress tomorrow, as he apparently will be taking a high-caliber position in the Obama administration. ...

Robert Wexler -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online — The Florida Democrat is resigning from Congress. For USAID?

An invitation to decline
Yourish.com — ... of “pro-Israel” on the Hill. Most notable, perhaps, is the participation of Yoffie, who tussled earlier this year with J Street over its equivocation over naming Hamas as the villain in Israel’s Gaza war. He told JTA that J Street’s views deserve a hearing in the wider Jewish community, and praised the group for doing more than many more established groups to promote the Israeli position of a two-state solution. (Wexler, by the way, is resigning his seat – via memeorandum. So Maryland will have one less Democratic ...

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