Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D), the 89-year-old senior senator from New Jersey, might be declining to run for re-election in 2014 because he'll be 91 at the time. Or it could be he announced his pending retirement late Thursday because the polls suggest he would lose a costly Democratic primary fight to popular, almost super-heroic Newark Mayor Cory Booker. In December, Booker said he was "considering" running for the seat, fueling speculation and raising the ire of Lautenberg and other New Jersey Democrats.Of course, the 2014 voting is a year-and-a-half away — a point Lautenberg made when ... Read More