Not the biggest news of the election cycle. Sabo represents Minneapolis, and there's about a snowball's chance in hell of this seat switching to a Republican. Still, Sabo was is a good man and an eloquent politician, and I for one will miss him, even though I live in Saint Paul and so don't vote for him.
http://www.startribune.com/...
Sabo, always soft-spoken and low-key, perhaps hit the pinnacle of power in 1993 and 1994, when he chaired the House Budget Committee, earning a reputation as a deficit hawk. He helped pass legislation that resulted in the elimination of what then ranked as the largest deficit in history.
He has been a vocal critic of the Bush administration, consistently voting against the president's tax cuts, saying they were skewed to wealthy Americans and the nation could ill-afford them. In an open letter to Bush last month, he reiterated his opposition to the war in Iraq, asking the president how he can justify spending $5.9 billion each month on the effort. Sabo was one of 133 House members who voted against the war.