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:

[RobFromGa]

Irey within 10!

[RobFromGa]

Here's a poll on Irey-Murtha

[AuH2ORepublican]

Coop, you may need to change your tagline. : )

[RobFromGa]

Irey poll!

[jennyjenny]

NICE!!!

[Dinah Lord]

Giddy-up!

[italianquaker]

Beat me to it

[RobFromGa]

Our troops have spoken to Irey:

“Ma’am, you don’t need to thank us. You just go beat him for us.”

Help Diana Irey redeploy Surrender Jack Murtha by directly contributing (without any commissions removed) here. Even $10 can help.

[Recovering_Democrat]

This is the first poll I've seen!

Let's GO CONSERVATIVES!! BOOT MURTHA!

[bobsunshine]

This is great news. We all need to contribute to her campaign and help her win.

[HonestConservative]

I intend to do my part!

[Soul Seeker]

I saw that earlier today. She only need 5-6% more. That's doable.

[John Lenin]

momentum bump

[RobFromGa]

And the ten percent thread is what they'll admit to. I suspect Irey may get a few more votes behind the curtain on November 7th (for Republicans).. Dems vote on November 8th in Pennsylvania to make sure their votes get the full and proper attention they deserve.

[RobFromGa]

ten percent thread = ten percent lead

[smoothsailing]

WOO-HOO! PING IT JAZ!!!!!!!

[RobFromGa]

Senate 2006 Midterm ping.

If anyone wants on or off the Senate 2006 ping list, send me Freepmail.

A rare House election ping...some good news today instead of the constant drip.drip.drip. of new Foley crap.

[smoothsailing]

ROFLOL!!!!

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Irey within 10!"

It would be a great statement if she could bump off the Tammany Hall-style old school corrupt bag of wind Murtha.

It would rank right up there with the ousting of Tom Thumb Daschle a couple of years ago and and Rotten Rostenkowski from Illinois a few years before that in terms of tossing out old-guard-insider Dems who think they're invincible because they deliver the pork and are members of the team who know where all the bodies are buried.

[California Patriot]

Fantastic!