A bit of good news for the GOP

One of the absolutely worst Republican senators, Kentucky's Jim Bunning, is reportedly giving up his doomed pursuit of reelection.

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, the most endangered Republican up for reelection in 2010, appears headed for retirement after giving his leading GOP rival the blessing to prepare to run for his seat next year.

Bunning’s retirement would be a huge victory for national Republicans who have grown increasingly nervous that the 77-year-old two-term senator would lose a critical race as the party tries to cling to its diminished minority in the Senate.

Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief. The guy was a walking gaffe machine who makes Joe Biden look like a mental giant. All he seemed to have going for him were his glory days from baseball. This was the guy who publicly mused about Justice Ginsburg's imminent death and who described a former Democratic opponent as resembling Saddam Hussein's sons and as limp-wristed. The Republicans now don't have to worry about divisive primaries in Pennsylvania and Kentucky and can save campaign cash that they might have had to spend to help awful incumbents win primary fights. Bye bye Bunning.