I’m shocked. Emil Jones is going to retire! But my conspiracy-driven mind just can’t accept that it’s all on the up and up. Maybe he’s expecting a big appointment from the Obama administration?

Also, we should all make note of the fact Emil is probably going to handpick a successor rather than allowing voters to do it. This is common in faux-democracies … like Russia.

Update: Here’s another reason Jones may retire, he can withdrawal the $577k from his campaign warchest.