[Dane]

Again, utter nonsense. The very fact that it WAS a referendum speaks volumes about how critical this issue has become. Since when does a well-entrenched, incredibly convervative congressman in a conservative state even have to WORRY about his seat? Answer: when he suddenly "makes a run for the border."

Uh no when a political PAC decides to make a referendum out of a primary race and finds a wealthy person to run and the PAC puts $50,000 of it's own money into the race, gets massive local and national publicity about the race and then loses bigtime.

Plus the turnout was very low(i.e tancredo/bay buchanan decided to hold an immigration referendum and nobody came).

[Texasforever]

These guys sound like the liberals when Zarqawi was killed. "He wasn't important anyway"

[LS]

Any time---you listening, Dane?---ANY TIME the challenger defines the issue, and forces a runoff with a 3-time incumbent CONSERVATIVE, he has hit a hot button. You can fool yourself all you want to, but the Senate already has started to backtrack. Specter said today "OK, enforcement first."