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NY Post: Morgenthau Won't Seek Re-Election!

2009_02_morgy1.jpg The NY Post reports that Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who has been the DA for the past 35 years, will not seek re-election this fall: "Morgenthau has begun privately calling top deputies into his office to deliver the news - which will instantly spark a crowded race for his coveted seat, several sources said... He's expected to make his intentions public in the next few weeks, the sources said, but hasn't yet settled on who he'd prefer to see as a successor." Morgenthau will be 90 years old this August. As recently as yesterday, Morgy told the Post he was still planning another go, though, "Of course that could change. But anything could change" (last year, he told the Daily News that he planned to run again, but added, "If I broke both my legs I might not run, but if I broke one, I would run").

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  • NannyState

    These New Dealers have been around too long. Time for some fresh blood in that office, someone youthful, vigorous and, dare I say it, Eisenhowerish.

  • ANGRYGOD11

    Stop mocking Skeletor. He did his job and if he wants to chill out with the Crypt Keeper, let him.

  • whitecastlerock

    Morgy is closer to 300...he needs to retire already

  • Wza

    See ya!

  • Toby von Meistersinger

    Morgenthau is yet another poster child for term limits.

  • JacqueMehoff

    he's always been against the death penalty, right?

  • EastRiver

    This is how we know the apocalypse is truly upon us.

  • Steven

    Old fart. We need mandatory retirement...

  • thefacts

    Young shit^

  • Rocknrope

    Can we just give it to Waterston? After all these years, he must know what he's talking about.

  • I know—Jack McCoy all the way!

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