Great News for the GOP and the country:
Sen. Fritz Hollings of South Carolina will announce Monday that he plans to retire when his current term expires, according to several Democratic sources — a decision that offers Republicans a significant opportunity in the South in 2004.
Hollings, who was first elected to the Senate in 1966 but has been South Carolina’s senior senator only since Sen. Strom Thurmond retired in January, has scheduled a press conference at 3:30 p.m. EDT in Columbia, South Carolina, to discuss his political plans. Hollings is 81 and his current term expires in early 2005.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass. I have no desire to act magnanimous- this guy was a petty tyrant when it came to your civil liberties and a number of other issues, and I won’t miss him one bit.
In a related note- how lucky is Lyndsey Graham- wins Thurmond’s seat and less than two years later he is the Senior Senator.