Something doesn’t smell right here. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) is a powerful member of the House of Representatives, representing a liberal and influential area. He’s a darling of the far-left. Wexler chairs a Foreign Affairs subcomittee and sits on four others. He was elected in 1997 and was recently re-elected by a margin of 3:1.

And now he’s leaving his office for an obscure position at the (I swear I’ve never heard of it) Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation? Randomly on a Wednesday morning in October? In a such a rush that even fellow liberals are left with their mouths wide open? Quoth:

“I’m still a little bit in shock over all this,” said state Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Parkland, though he added he was “for sure” considering a run for the seat.

That makes two of us. Someone in Wexler’s position doesn’t just suddenly resign from his influential job in the U.S. House of Representatives — a position in which he can secure pork for liberal causes and significantly influence policy — to become director for the “Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation”. Finishing your term and then deciding to rejoin the private sector is one thing; suddenly jumping to an obscure job is quite another.

Like I said, something smells fishy.