That sock puppet Altmire is a joke. He is a classic case of Democratic party politics. He got the sit down by Nancy and was told..”How much pork you need, ok we can do that, now here is what you vote yes on, now go away and I better not hear from you about wanting to be on any committees or anything.” Freshman Dem Congressman get redshirted for at least 2 terms. This guy is a hack, ventriloquist dummy, and needs to be beaten and come home and get a freaking job. He is a useless piece of human oafel
As of 30 June Murtha had $644K cash on hand, with $4K in debt. Russell had $270K on hand, but $243 in debt.
Murtha still has to be considered the favorite here, but the race is definitely winnable for Russell. That FEC data in June showed Russell had raised about $929K total. However, in early Sep his campaign officially announced he has raised a total of more than $2 million. This was before he started airing a powerful TV ad using Murtha's treasonous words against him. And before most of the Palin surge, and before Murtha faced down a second lawsuit from Justin Sharratt. I have a feeling that the FEC filing of Bill Russell for 30 Sep is going to raise a lot of eyebrows and make Murtha break into a cold sweat.
Murtha also just last week was once again named by a left-leaning group (CREW) to the Top 20 list of Congress' most corrupt members. Murtha has been getting a LOT of negative publicity in print and on the airwaves this past few days, which almost certainly is translating into even more support for Bill Russell. Will it be enough to knock off the corrupt, bloated king of pork? Stay tuned.