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Dem Beats Gleason's Choice To Keep Murtha Seat
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 5-18-10

Posted on 05/18/2010 8:11:13 PM PDT by Tribune7

Mark Critz, the aide to the late Congressman John Murtha, won a special election Tuesday to fill the remainder of his term which ends Jan. 3.

Critz, a Democrat, easily beat Republican Tim Burns, who state GOP Chairman Rob Gleason had tapped over Bill Russell, the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who ran against Murtha in 2008.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; critz; murtha; pa2010
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To: princess leah

The whole F’n District is on the Mooch. From 30 years of Murtha.


41 posted on 05/18/2010 8:52:33 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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To: Maelstorm

Chicanery??? Hell it is coming in November//FRAUD!


42 posted on 05/18/2010 8:53:53 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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To: KoRn

Read the comments for the mood. http://www.vindy.com/

Half these folks love porky crumbs.


43 posted on 05/18/2010 8:55:00 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: Prole

I often wonder what the literacy rate is in blue areas.


44 posted on 05/18/2010 8:56:15 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: screaminsunshine

Bigtime. This is why Youngstown will elect the 7year felon Trafficant.

UNION PORK


45 posted on 05/18/2010 8:58:03 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: screaminsunshine

I just find the numbers strange. That they seem to suggest a sizable number of Republican Primary voters shifted and voted for Critz over Burns? All I know is that these numbers need to be looked at to figure out why Burns didn’t do better given the high profile of the race and the fact this county has consistently went Republican suddenly shifted Democrat? I didn’t check more than this county but it is worth looking into.


46 posted on 05/18/2010 9:01:31 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Tyranny thrives when the people are silent.)
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To: Tribune7
I heard there was a video of Burns endorsing the 23% Fair Tax. Critz hammered Burns with it to say your taxes will go up 23%. Burns didn't counter well.

Anyone in PA 12 seen the add?

47 posted on 05/18/2010 9:05:28 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: TNCMAXQ

Disappointing but I wouldn’t fret about November yet. Rats had high turnout cause of the Senate primary.


48 posted on 05/18/2010 9:08:29 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: mylife

I am going to clam 285,456 dependents on my W-4.


49 posted on 05/18/2010 9:10:05 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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To: muleskinner

The fair tax is a joke.

It will NEVER HAPPEN

Lotta bean counters gonna lose their jobs.


50 posted on 05/18/2010 9:10:17 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: screaminsunshine

You gonna have one tax bill!


51 posted on 05/18/2010 9:11:15 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: muleskinner

Where the hell was the dumb ass RNC chairman. At a strip club? Disgusting.


52 posted on 05/18/2010 9:11:20 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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To: Maelstorm

The turnout in PA was for the Democratic Senate Primary race. The Republican side was pre-determined and the voters stayed home.

So, you had excited Democrats eager to make their primary vote count and an unmotivated GOP voter since they thought this was a favored Dem district. No reason to go out and vote.

If this was November the results might have been different.


53 posted on 05/18/2010 9:11:49 PM PDT by BushCountry ( I spoken many wise words in jest, but no comparsion to the number of stupid words spoken in earnest)
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To: Maelstorm

It is called vote fraud.


54 posted on 05/18/2010 9:12:20 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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To: Tribune7
I guess the old adage still holds; you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. Perhaps even the Murtha-bots will finally start getting thirsty come November.

Liberalism is a Crutch

bumper sticker
55 posted on 05/18/2010 9:12:37 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: Maelstorm
From my years of voting in PA, PA voters do not cross party lines. In a general election it was always much easier to just pull the big lever (R or D) than to vote for each individual office.

Without seeing the physical ballot, I can't even begin to guess why the figures you state gave the results they did.

56 posted on 05/18/2010 9:14:31 PM PDT by Abby4116
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To: TNCMAXQ

You are correct. This should have been an ez GOP pickup if there was a landslide going on.


57 posted on 05/18/2010 9:15:37 PM PDT by mono
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To: Tribune7

How did the coal miners vote in this election?


58 posted on 05/18/2010 9:31:15 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Tribune7

The voters of that district have little to celebrate.

Murtha’s seniority and committee appointments are not transferable.

I’m betting the DoD is just aching to pay back for all those years of being pushed around by Murtha. They will bug out of Johnstown as fast as possible. All these faux defense contractors have lost their protector and will soon lose their contracts as well.

Mark this prophecy, within a year or two these fat-and-happy people will be selling apples in the street.


59 posted on 05/18/2010 9:49:02 PM PDT by sinanju
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To: tflabo
Buncha brickheads deserve the dreck they elect.

Critz had to move so far right in order to win I don't see how he can be of much use to Pelosi and still hold the seat in November.

60 posted on 05/18/2010 9:49:20 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Flip Both Houses)
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