"Butterfly Ballot" Congressman to Resign

A Democrat from Florida is planning on leaving Congress:

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 likely to take a public policy job that deals with the Middle East. The job does not involve working for the Obama administration and does not involve lobbying.

Democrats expressed admiration for their longtime political colleague — and began handicapping who among their ranks might run. Republicans were critical of the Democratic congressman.

What wasn't mentioned in the article is Wexler is the guy who stirred up the whole "Butterfly Ballot" mess in Florida on the day of the 2000 presidential election. Wexler went on TV to complain that his voters were so dumb they couldn't figure out the ballot and many had accidentally voted for Pat Buchanan instead of Al Gore. They even had a professional telemarketing firm calling his constituents to plant doubts in their mind about who they voted for.

Good riddance, Robert.