We wrote a letter to Mikulski asking her not to vote for the health care "reform" bill, and got a multi-page form letter back listing all the pork she has delivered to Maryland. No mention at all of our health care concerns.

Mikulski should be a symbol of everything wrong with Washington, not a "safe bet for re-election."

This is great news for Maryland. Senator Mikulski does amazing work on behalf of her constituents We are lucky to have her.

She has show a complete lack of knowledge. In spite of her seniority she holds no major committee chairmanship. She tends to get her share of pork. I am still waiting for the first tax increase that she votes against. I am still waiting for her to vote against a new social welfare program. I am embarrassed by her every move. Since she is very very very old, she should retire.

Wonderful.....I am looking forward to the Nov elections even more knowing I can cast my vote AGAINST her. I'm glad she will give the citizens of MD the opportunity to end her career for her instead of retiring......the best decision yet!

The shrill midget will run again and the citizens of Maryland will be the worse for it. She has done nothing throughout her unspectacular career except scream about "good jobs" all the while voting for idiotic legislation like NAFTA. Ask yourself, how many companies have left this state while she has been in office. She has the reputation as one of the worst Senators to work for in the Senate. How can there be a revolution to get rid of the usual suspects and at the same to return her to the office. It this is time for change let it start by not returning Mikulski to Washington.

Good, now we have the chance to vote her out too. November is going to be great! Vote all the encumbents out! ALL OF THEM, DEM AND REPUBS! Lets put some people who are'nt bought and paid for by the lobbyist

I have gotten numerous letters from her office. None, and I emphasize NONE provided a single answer to any question I asked.
Bab's website is full of the pork and earmarks she has garnered for Maryland. Does she ior any incumbent comprehend that we the taxpayers are footing the bill and their Monopoly Money bailouts will saddle our heirs with a financial burden that might be insurmountable.

Add me as another Marylander against Mikulski. Her role in the Senate seems to be hoarding the most Pork. At this point, I don't care who is running against her, but she's not getting my vote. She's missed the boat - people are sick of Politics in Washington and back scratching and the bloat. She's had 30 years. It's someone else's turn in Washington.

No one in Washington respects her...the proof of that is that she has NEVER been asked to sit in ANY position of responsibility in the U.S. Senate despite being there for a zillion years. It is so important to have a conservative candidate to beat her in November because and you can mark my words; if Barb the Midget wins in November she will retire as soon as she can legally make sure her seat goes to Martin O'Malley. Then the citizens of Maryland will be truly screwed for years to come!

well, well, well ,the sun has put back the comment section,i wonder why ? i guess your readers stop reading your paper.see ,this is why this paper is losing readers,you dont want to print the truth,unless it helps one of your favorate political people like martin omalley.you dont want people to know what kind of crook he really is,or how bad this police department is,so you surpress the news,and dont report the news.what kind of people are running your out fit,do they want you to go out of business,sure looks that way

"She has told her physician that she does not desire to seek reelection"

Now THIS is interesting... I think we found the source of these rumors.... her physician.

Which, coincidentally, if turns out to be true, would be gross violation of HIPAA regulations regarding patient privacy.

If I were someone on Senator Mikulski's staff trying to figure out the source of these false rumors, I'd be looking very carefully at her physician.

Let's look at some the commentary allegedly supporting this rumor.

Every time someone mentions why this rumor about her retirement is true, it has to do specifically with the Senator's health, and contains claims/information all of which very easily could have been provided by her physician.

For example:

1. "seriously fractured her right ankle" - something her physician would know;

2. "had to have open reduction surgery" - something her physician would know;

3. "included the insertion of pins" - something her physician would know;

4. "the use of special surgical boots, during recovery" - something her physician would know;

5. "Her recovery has been exceptionally slow" - something her physician would know;

6. "she is evidently still in a great deal of pain" - something her physician would know;

7. "she has told her physician that she does not desire to seek reelection" - HELLO!?!? Could you BE MORE OBVIOUS?

8. "she has been forced to use a wheelchair, a walker or a cane in order to get around." - something her physician would know;

9. "One of her complaints is that the health insurance that is provided for Congress is "poor" with high deductibles and "limitations" on coverage" - something her physician would know;

10. "she told an aide that she should have inserted in the ObamaCare bill an amendment to improve Congressional health insurance" - something her physician would know.

As with others, I too have written to Mikulski regarding the health care debacle. I asked her 1 simple question.

"Will you vote YEA for ANY health care bill that DOES NOT INCLUDE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS as rate paying members of the plan?"

The answer? It was a 3 page form letter that talked about GM and her work to keep the plant in Maryland as well as the pork she brought home.

I would like to hear from more people with the same complaint.
No wonder O'Keefe went into Landreiu's offices to see what they were up to.

I will second the above.

RE ELECT NO INCUMBENTS in 2010 AND 2012.

Tell me, Paul, since you use words like, "obscure right wing," do you use the mirror terminology for someone on the left? Is there such phrase such as "obscure left wing" in your lexicon that you employ whenever appropriate? Do you even identify liberals as such, or are they mainstream as far as you're concerned? Because if you're not evenhanded, you're a bigot and you have no business being in journalism. But since you write for The Sun, Baltimore's answer to Pravda, it wouldn't surprise me if you were.

"I'm not shy, and I'm not retiring."

You go Babs!

Obscure right-wing blogger? That's funny. In 10 years we'll look back and talk about those obscure left-wing writers from The Sun that don't have jobs anymore.

I'm still a fan of term-limits. 2 and out!!!

Happy times are here again -- great to hear Barb is going to be re-elected.

Maybe the Sun should send this posting to long-shot GOP candidate Eric Warhogz's supporters list since apparently he knows Sen. Barb's schedule better than she does...check out this lunacy:

http://mikulskisretirementparty.com/

The very thought of this hermaphrodite makes me puke a little bit in my mouth...I love how she runs off Linda Chavez when she ran against her (and was leading in the polls if I recall) for having a nanny who's US citizenship was in question; yet at the first opportunity to endorse amnesty for illegal immigrants, Babs voted in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens. I don't see how that is "doing the work of the people" of Maryland...it certainly wasn't doing the work of the tax-paying people of Maryland; but I guess that's how Dems buy their seats - give all the illegals amnesty in return for votes while the rest of us absorb the cost to support the illegals by way of our tax dollars. She hasn't really done much of anything for anybody, politically speaking, in years. Just another lefty, pork-barrell legislator who continues to reduce our paychecks every chance she gets. It's an embrassment that this pig represents MD in the Senate.

I was told months ago, right after she broke her ankle, that she had alzheimers and that o'malley will put her on the campaign trail because if she won, he would give her the pink slip or whatever then he'll be able to "appoint" his own scrooge who will bow down to his demands..

Are we brave enough and committed enough to do what must be done? Or will we complain like children when the Incumbent votes to raise our taxes and against small business and the creation of jobs? It is up to all Marylanders to take control of our Government. For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would vote to re-elect someone who has been in the same office for 33 years. Thought processes get stale. It is time for new blood.

All Incumbents must go !

Get rid of her. She's worthless.

All of these jackasses need to go! This beast has "represented" this state as long as I have been alive...Enough

To bad she is not retiring - now we need to make a BIG effort to remove this non-working incumbent. Voting YES on OBAMACARE made sure you will have a defeat. You did not listen to those of us asking to vote NO. The bill is a redistribution of wealth - sadly with your age - you may not be around to see what you have done to us. BUT must tell you BABS we will insure you do not return to your easy life in Washington. WE WILL VOTE YOU OUT!!!!!! SHAME ON YOU FOR VOTING YES - LIFE IS NOT A FREE RIDE - YOU ARE ENSLAVING PEOPLE WITH THIS BILL. To bad you didn't sign up to be a receipent of the "Wonderful Benefits" of the Bill - you have the Executive Health Care - SHAME SHAME SHAME. You do not deserve to serve those of us in Maryland. WE DESERVE BETTER THAN YOU - you are dishonest - and SADSACK using "Women's Issues" regarding this bill. It is not a Feminine issue - Viagra for Prisoners? YOU did not read the bill - JUST VOTED - YOU ARE NOT FOR THE MAJORITY OF US, You are a disgrace to Maryland. YOU MUST GO -

Vote the FAT PIG OUT she is useless to us.

I'd like to see this knee-jerk leftist voted into retirement-but that will never happen in the People's Republic of Maryland.

I was hoping that she would retire. She is part of the fat cat climate in Washington and needs to go. I have never received a straight answer from her office on any issue I have written about. She is not doing the country or Maryland any good. Whatever pork she brings to Maryland we end up paying for it anyway. We need new and fresh ideas and representatives. I say vote them all out whatever party.