Comments on: John Murtha Seat in Trouble?

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:26:23 +0000

55-45...

55-45 is very interesting for several reasons.

1- Murtha's past invinvicibility in this district.
2- Irey having about 1/10th the cash on hand that Murtha has.
3- That there are no undecideds or as one favorite blogger of mine once called those ....

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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:10:14 +0000

[...] John Murtha Seat in Trouble?Outside Beltway - Given the general unpopularity of the war, one would think Murtha s anti-war stance would be helping, not hurting. Presumably, though, his inflammatory language has hurt him. It s a delicate balancing act to campaign against a war in which our [...]

By: Tano

Tano — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:05:28 +0000

I wonder to what extent the scene from Woodward's recent book is going to get some circulation in this campaign. The one where General Abezaid goes to Murtha's office, sits down, holds up his thumb and index finger a quarter of an inch apart, and says something like "we are this close" on Iraq war issues. Would seem to me to take all the air out of the RW outrage over Murtha's war position.

By: chancuff

chancuff — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:40:49 +0000

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By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:12:48 +0000

Daily Summary...

NEWS: - Bush Raises Volume on Campaign Charge - Immigration May Figure in NJ's Close Senate Race - High Court Hears Immigration Cases - OMB Welcomes Help From Anti-Pork Bloggers - Bush in Favor of Foley Investigation - Maryland School......

By: B. Minich

B. Minich — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:12:14 +0000

Ooops - the last sentence of the second paragraph should be on the end of the first paragraph. It makes more sense that way. Sorry!

By: B. Minich

B. Minich — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:10:55 +0000

The raising pay thing, while probably a bit unfair, is playing into current Pennsylvania politics, with the pay raise shenanagians the state House and Senate pulled. People lost seats for that, some close to or inside of Murtha's district. Also, I used to live in Murtha's district. I would classify it as fairly moderate, but it is very rural, which makes it conservative enough to beat Murtha (except for the university it contains, and the moderate sized city, Johnstown, which is his power base). I had a feeling that once voters had both a reason to dislike Murtha and a strong challenger, they would give him a run for their money. The state legislature's tatics were a bit more blatant and also broke the constitution of the state: trying to tar Murtha with the label "pay raiser" can play into the negative feelings Pennsylvania voters have against the state bodies. He HAS brought a lot of pork home, though, so this setiment might not override the "but he's good for the region" card that his supporters will play. But Irey has given him his first real challenge for years. I don't remember a time when a challenger was within 10% of Murtha. I still think he'll win, but Irey being so close is a suprise.