Jeffords Jumping Again

NRO's Beltway Buzz is floating the rumor that Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) is going to announce his retirement from the Senate at 12 PM CDT today.

Apparently when the GOP reclaimed the majority he screwed them out of, things got a little bad for Mr. Jeffords.

Looks like a 'real' Democrat will easily take that seat. It's Vermont, a state with a freakin' Socialist as its lone Congressman, for Pete's sake.

UPDATE: Confirmed from AP.