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p> VERMONT CIRCUS br> Re: Sean Higgins's Silly Jim : /p> p>Sean Higgins article is probably the best I've seen on Jeffords "retirement." If you believe the local rag, his leaving has left a power vacuum in Washington, etc. About the only ones here who still believed in him were some of the farmers up north in Franklin County and a few groups around the Burlington area. Yes, his career was quite unremarkable to say the least, even by Vermont standards. He was always in Leahy's shadow and Bernie's way. Bernie Sanders is the current favorite to replace him. Is that really a bad thing? Sanders is a socialist, that is true. He will also be a junior freshman senator and while smarter than Jeffords, he is more openly radical. Sanders is good at rhetoric. In fact, between his mouth and his political machine here, he is quite the person but he's nothing more than smoke and mirrors as far as I'm concerned. Like Jeffords, Sanders career in the House has been rather unremarkable also. He can get elected to the Senate from here but he will be just as useless as Jeffords, though more colorful. So all in all, the status quo will remain the same. Vermont will continue as the laughing stock of the nation and we'll have "Jumping Jim" back up here rocking on the porch. br> -- Pete Chagnon br> Vermont /p> p> Neither side trusts a traitor. What was his name? Forgot already. br> -- David Govett br> Davis, California

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