I think it is rather fitting that much maligned southwestern Pennsylvania, the buckle of the rust belt, home of the knuckle dragging, racist, bitter, redneck religious, gun nut, clingers, might just be the place to drag John McCain across the victory line. Ironic, huh?
Oh it will, McCain’s winning this thing and HOPEFULLY we’ll finally have a voice for this region in DC in appreciation that might actually finally help this region out. That’s not why I’m voting or anyone else is voting for McCain, but hopefully when he wins he’ll remember SWPA. We’ve been the bastard child of state government for 30 years, and all but ignored nationally.
And the beauty of that is that it just might also remove the treasonous Jack Murtha from his seat. Yes, Russell's still an underdog. But his name recognition is shooting up and interest in him is peaking specifically because of Murtha's arrogance. A GOP poll showed Murtha with a decent 14-point lead over Russell, before the "racist" and "redneck" remarks. The key point, though, was the Mr. 17-term Incumbent couldn't break 50% before he further insulted his constituents.
And Melissa Hart is in much better shape now to win her seat back. (No, haven't seen any recent polls)