Murtha in Damage Control Mode in PA over 4th of July holiday

BootMurtha.com ^ | 7/5/2005 | IPWGOP

[IPWGOP]

Rep. John Murtha has been busy ...

[IPWGOP]

FYI...

[Russ]

John Murtha doesn't stand a chance in hell of losing in November. It's all about who brings the pork back to the district.

[Coop]

You're less than knowledgeable about this race. (I'm in a kind mood today.)

[Cinnamon]

it's beautiful to watch the back pedaling.. LOL

[ContemptofCourt]

Rep. John Murtha is losing support back home in Pennsylvania.

Do you have any evidence of this?

[Tribune7]

But wouldn't it be better for the people 12th District if a Pub was representing them since the Dems no longer hold power? hmmmmmm?

[no dems]

The power of incumbency at work.

[ContemptofCourt]

LOL. He's right, though. It is all about the money.

Once again, Coop...Irey can't win this race being a one trick pony.

[Coop]

Once again, CofC, she's not a one-trick pony. By repeating this ad nauseam you show yourself to be painfully ignorant of this race.

Or do you have another motive?

[Mrs. Ranger]

"But the truth is Murtha is one of the worst congressmen for creating economic activity for any district in America."

Worth repeating. :)

[IPWGOP]

Rep. John Murtha is losing support back home in Pennsylvania.

Do you have any evidence of this?

It's in the news article above:

His website took down its own online poll... the one that showed an overwhelming disapproval of his call to withdraw US troops from Iraq. ... LINK to NewsMax article]

[Pietro]

"Irey can't win this race being a one trick pony"

Irey can run on her record of fiscal responsobility. She held the line on taxes in Wash. Co. and as a result we are experiencing an economic boomette that would be the envy of the Johnstown/Uniontown area if they were paying attention.

Problem is only a small portion of the 12th is in Wash. Co and so people in Greene, Fayette, Somerset and Cambria may be unaware of whats happening out here.

She really needs to get a photo op going out at Southpointe in Canonsburg.

[philsfan24]

does anyone have any polls out of this district? i refuse to believe irey has any chance unless i see some kind of big disapproval of murthas job performance from the voters of his district. the power of incumbency is strong.

[Coop]

An online poll wouldn't be restricted to his district or even PA voters. Plus it's not normally conducted scientifically. And Newsmax? Well, that wouldn't fall into my definition of "evidence" most of the time.

But I have little doubt Murtha's feeling the heat. I just haven't seen any evidence (firm polling data, fundraising drying up, people leaving his staff, etc.) to support it.

[IPWGOP]

If Murtha is so confident that he is winning his district, why is he strong-arming the power brokers back home in order to receive contributions? If Murtha's so strong back home, why did he have to take his OWN poll down off of his OWN website?

If Murtha isn't feeling the heat, then why is he spending so much time in his own district instead of wreaking havoc in other districts (so he can become Majority Leader)?

[Coop]

I'm on your side, but that's not evidence.

[Buckeye McFrog]

sadly, the bulk of the population in this district is in Johnstown, where the vast majority of people are a)unreformed mid-century Labor Movement New-Dealers b) almost wholly dependent on Federal largess for their sustenance, due to the fact that there has been no private-sector economic growth there since at least the 70's, and c)Pavlov-trained to yank the one-party straight ticket handle on their voting machine.

The Latrobe Brewing thing will be fun to watch though! A/B is planning to shut it down at the end of the month, and Rendell and Murtha are scrambling hard to find a buyer before the election. The leading bidder is apparently a small midwestern brewer, who will demand give-backs and concessions from the Unionized work force. There is already a groundswell of grumbling aplenty, and at the moment they seem likely to a) reject any contract concessions, and b)blame the aforementioned pols if this does not work out to their liking.

[webheart]

John Murtha doesn't stand a chance in hell of losing in November. It's all about who brings the pork back to the district.

Hearing that should be a real relief to Tom Daschle. And, I think Tom Foley might get to relax a little too on hearing this news.

[Suzy Quzy]

John Murtha was involved in the ABSCAM SCANDAL??? Do TELL!!