New polling on the Irey-Murtha race [It's a Horserace]

Redstate ^ | Oct 3, 2006 | Redstate

[RobFromGa]

New polling on the Irey-Murtha race

PA-12 is shaping up to be something of a horserace.

When the Irey campaign did preliminary polling last spring, the results were not encouraging. The 30-year incumbant in the PA-12 seat, John Murtha, led the little-known Diana Irey by thirty points. Mr. Murtha was emerging as the liberal conscience of the Iraq war, and promised to gain ever more power and influence as part of the House Democratic leadership. He has high-profile influential friends and a bully pulpit provided by a compliant national media that gives him a regular spot on the Sunday shows.

If I were Commissioner Irey I might have considered throwing in the towel and going to the beach for the summer. Fortunately, she did no such thing.

Graphic courtesy of Vets4Irey

Read on...

Ms. Irey rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She has gained some recognition on her own as a staunch supporter of the armed forces, the mission in Iraq, an advocate for rigorous immigration policies and a fiscal conservative. She has also been drawing attention to Mr. Murtha's many failings. And she's producing results. The campaign has just commissioned another poll by Public Opinion Strategies and Ms. Irey has closed the gap to ten points as the race now stands at 55%-45%. She gained ten points and brought Mr. Murtha down ten--and the momentum is all in her favor.

Commissioner Irey's mission over the next five weeks is to keep shining a bright light on Mr. Murtha's disgraceful record while articulating her own platform. The POS poll included some interesting numbers on eleven issues that make voters less likely to vote for Mr. Murtha by as much as 57% (a list is appended below)--and when voters read about these issues, Mr. Murtha's numbers drop into the low 40s. It's incumbant on all of us who want to see Ms. Irey in Mr. Murtha's chair come January to help her spread the word that Mr. Murtha is self-interested and venal, and willingly steps on the backs of his former fellow service members to hoist his substantial bulk up the political ladder. And fortunately, the Irey campaign is no longer a lone voice in the media wilderness. She's getting some assistance from a rather unlikely source--no less than the New York Times, which has in the past held Mr. Murtha up as a moral authority on Iraq, yesterday headlined his political "horsetrading" motivated by the desire to increase his personal prestige and bring more pork (from whatever source) to his district rather than by principle or fiscal responsibility. Major television outlets, such as Fox's Hannity and Colmes show, have picked up the story.

The momentum in this race is with Diana Irey. She is poised to win if we all help, and here are eleven excellent reasons to go to her website and donate some time and money:

[RedRover]

Glad to see you changed your mind about setting sail for Boliva. (Love the new graphic, by the by!)

[Ciexyz]

Here's wishing continued success to Mark Steyn and Rush.

[smoothsailing]

Aw shucks, you knew I was just funnin' !!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[ntnychik]

Excellent graphic, with nice McLeod tartan background~~

[smoothsailing]

Now the way I figure it, my boat is just tacking, but y'all might know how to get it to go right, instead of left.

Y'all want to give it a try?

:-)

[Marine_Uncle]

Couldn't agree more. It is time for this guy to pack his bags. He has done enough damage.

[devolve]

A little zip here and there -

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks for the ping! Figures I would be out all day and half the night!

Go DIANA!!! ;*)

[JulieRNR21]

Great news! My lastest check really is 'in the mail'.

And I sent it to my mega email list to ask to help for Diana Irey!

[potlatch]

Learned this from devolve;

[jazusamo]

We've missed you Justa, it's about time you showed up. :-)

[no dems]

Keep that Abscam tape before the folks in the 12th District of PA until election day. The young voters know nothing about the Abscam Scandal and the older folks need to be reminded.

Rob: BTW, I knew there were polls on this race all along. I think it was probably best to keep them quiet until things changed lest folks get discouraged and not work for and give to the campaign. Thanks for the good news.

[potlatch]

In the armor?

[jazusamo]

It looks like the support from FReepers is starting to pay off and I'll bet Murthawi and his people are in very bad spirits about now.

Thanks again for your support.

[devolve]

Fast work!

Now SS can play "Andria Doria" with the two -

Find him a big iceberg so he can also recreate "Titanic"

[no dems]

This needs to be made into a campaign flyer and mailed to the home of all registered voters WHO VOTE in PA's 12th Congressional District.

(No sense mailing it to non-voter addresses. Save that money for other campaign activities.)

[Just A Nobody]

AWESOME news!!! Thanks for the pings!

I knew I should have taken my 'puter with me today! I did have on my Irey for Congress and Vets4Irey Redeploy Murtha buttons. A vet I talked to knew exactly who Murtha was and beamed brightly when I told him Diana was poised to take him down!

[devolve]

[no dems]

RobFromGa:
The Post I referred to needing to be made into a campaign mail-out/flyer, was your post #48.