Because Northup became stale and stopped thinking for herself; she basically voted along the party-line with "Daddy's little war criminal" ever since he was first elected in 2000. I think voters in the 3rd Congressional District were ready for a change. I thought the Yarmuth interview was kind of refreshing, just being able to see a Congressman who seemed to have a pretty decent sence of humor; it probably took some guts just to appear on Comedy Central knowing some of the ridiculous things he'd