The news is out that Congressman Wu of Oregon has gotten to the point where he needs psychiatric help. According to the articles, Wu's staff resigned as a group right after the November election since his behavior was so erratic that they could no longer tolerate it. And yet, Wu remains in congress. There is no call from Nancy Pelosi for her fellow Democrat to resign. What a difference from the recent resignation of a NY Republican congressman within hours after pictures of himself that he had sent to a woman that he met on line surfaced in the media. We later learned that he had been pressured by Speaker Boehner for prior misbehavior.
I certainly hope that Wu can recover from his mental illness. But don't the people in his Oregon district deserve sane representation for the next two years? True, in my opinion, many of the positions taken by the Democrats seem insane, but that is no excuse for someone with such problems to be making important national decisions. Were Wu to resign now, a special election could fill his seat in a few onths.
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