PA-12 - Susquehanna - Murtha (D) 46%, Russell (R) 41%

[minionofmidas]

I have been getting e-mails to donate to Russell for more than a year. I really hope he wins this one to teach a lesson to the "I will just buy my reelection with Pork" crowd. I think that Barletta has a better chance in the 11th then Russell in the 12th.

Well, yes. Barletta has a (1) chance. Russell has none (0).

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I have been getting e-mails to donate to Russell for more than a year. I really hope he wins this one to teach a lesson to the "I will just buy my reelection with Pork" crowd. I think that Barletta has a better chance in the 11th then Russell in the 12th.

Well, yes. Barletta has a (1) chance. Russell has none (0).

LOL.

Then there's also the fact that Kanjorski badmouthed my state and Murtha didn't, hence I want Murtha to win but don't care about Kanjorski.

[HardRCafé]

When was the last time an incumbent Congressman personally insulted his whole district?

[Lief 🗽]

Add me to the list of Democrats that won't shed a tear if Murtha loses his seat.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Why would Democratic hacks say that the seat is a tossup?

By "political hacks" I did not mean "ultra-partisan idiots" but the world of activists, staffers and so on.

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You could at least take the trouble to consider my argument here as opposed to snorting loudly. You know, for someone capable of treating "good morning" as a grievous personal slight, you can be astonishingly rude to other people.

Murtha % by county:

Washington: 57.8%
Greene: 58.5%
Fayette: 63.7%
Somerset: 59.1%
Cambria: 68.9%
Indiana: 56.1%
Armstrong: 50.9%
Allegheny: 63.2%
Westmoreland: 57.4%

Note that the less Democratic bits of each of those counties tend not to be in this district. Consider also the climate of the election and some of the results in nearby districts.

I repeat: if Murtha ever did win because of a personal vote, he doesn't now.

[Keystone Phil]

you can be astonishingly rude to other people.

Good morning, Mr. Pot...

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Do a little research on his opponent in 2006. That may address your claim about his weak performance out west.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Good morning, Mr. Pot...

Typically my words are ruder than the intention behind them.

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IIRC she was a local politician of some sort in one of the western counties (Fayette I think. Maybe Washington). Which isn't really a good enough explanation except, perhaps, in the individual county in question.

[Keystone Phil]

IIRC she was a local politician of some sort in one of the western counties (Fayette I think. Maybe Washington). Which isn't really a good enough explanation except, perhaps, in the individual county in question.

Irey was (and I believe still is) a very popular Commissioner from Washington county. Her support looks strongest around those areas (not counting the traditionally Republican areas of Armstrong).