Posted on 06/07/2006 10:33:44 AM PDT by SmithL
Washington -- (06-07) 09:19 PDT The tsunami of disapproval toward President Bush and the Republican Party that Democrats hope will carry them to a House majority in November was not strong enough to ride a Democrat to victory Tuesday in a House election in San Diego.
Republican Brian Bilbray received 49 percent of the vote, while Democrat Francine Busby received 45 percent in a special election to fill the seat of Randy "Duke'' Cunningham, who resigned and is now in prison after admitting he accepted millions of dollars in bribes.
It was a strong showing by a Democrat in a district described by Congressional Quarterly just last year as a "steadily growing GOP stronghold.'' Busby lost by fewer than 5,000 votes in a district where no Democrat has come within 50,000 votes of winning since the district was created following the 2000 census.
Nevertheless, the outcome means Democrats still need to pick up 15 GOP seats in November to win control of the House, and allows Republicans to mock Democratic predictions that a tidal wave of voter discontent would wipe away incumbents even in secure GOP strongholds.
"Democrats did not discover their shockwave in San Diego,'' said Republican Rep. Tom Reynolds of New York who chairs the House Republicans' campaign committee. "National Democrats must come to terms with the fact that momentum for the midterm elections will not materialize simply because they preordain it in the media, or because they ask their special interest friends to buy it for them.
Reynolds said the outcome suggest that a Democratic strategy for November based on national disaffection with President Bush and the direction of the country will not be effective.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Who got the other 6%?
To the Dems: A Loss is a loss is a loss.
Nah, no slant on the news here.
45% for a Democrat = "strong showing."
45% for a Republican = "crushing defeat."
}:-)4
There IS no "strong showing." This was a district where the GOP candidate had massive corruption baggage from Duke Cunningham, where the Dems had only 30% turnout despite a huge gubernatorial fight, and where Bilbray and the ultra-border-enforcer got 55% to 45%.
Funny, as someone noted on another thread on this subject, tBusby polled the same precentages in this election as he did in the last election against Cunningham.
Which means the tsunami was a tsu-no-show. But you wouldn't know that from this article.
Diebold's fault
Strong Immigration and Enforcement Candidates - 55%
Open Borders no enforcement Candidate - 45%
Attention Dhimmicrats: Loss=Loss, A=A..............Learn it, live it, love it.........
Marc Sandalow, I've never heard of you, but considering how slanted your writing is, I'll never trust anything I ever see with your name on it.
United States Representative District 50
As of June 7, 2006 at 8:01 a.m.
Precincts Reporting 100% (500 of 500)
Registered Voters 355,409
Ballots Cast 125,882
Turnout 35.42%
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul King | Libertarian |
1,875
|
1.53%
|
| Brian P. Bilbray | Republican |
60,319
|
49.33%
|
| Francine Busby | Democratic |
55,587
|
45.46%
|
| William Griffith | Independent |
4,492
|
3.67%
|
This district is entirely contained within San Diego County.
*Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
What a loaded pile of crap this article is. Why doesn't the author throw a tantrum?
Obviously the vote was rigged because it disagrees with public opinion polls taken just before the election. Must be more 'Pubbie vote stealing shenanigans, just like in Ohio...
We'll take a few more of those "strong showings" by Democrats who get 45% of the vote - any day.
Irony Alert:
First sentence of article: "The tsunami of disapproval...was not strong enough...." -- a presumption that the tsunami actually exists.
Fifth paragraph of article: "'National Democrats must come to terms with the fact that momentum for the midterm elections will not materialize simply because they preordain it in the media, or because they ask their special interest friends to buy it for them.'" [from the Republicna pol]
I.e., the reporter uses a quote that exposes his lede for the parisan nonsense it is! Do you think he meant to show fairness, or is his leftism so ingrained that he doesn't even notice it anymore?
2006 Congressional Races (As of 6/7/06)
Republicans .... 1
Democrats ...... 0
We're batting 1000!
If the stupid Republican Party runs on a tough illegal immigration stance this Fall, it will GAIN seats in the House. It's that simple.
So in reality - the republican and conservative vote got about 55%...
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