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Update: Rep. Allen West in close race (Rep. Allen West loses reelection)
The Hill ^ | November 7th, 2012 | Alexandra Jaffe

Posted on 11/06/2012 11:21:35 PM PST by KantianBurke

Freshman Republican Rep. Allen West (Fla.) lost to Democrat Patrick Murphy in one of the closest, nastiest races in the nation, according to MSNBC election projections.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: allenwest; fl; florida; teaparty; teapartyfailure; teapartytoast; west
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To: goodnesswins

Of course it was stolen. And the guy our side sent into the battle capitulated before it was even over. At least we didn’t have to wait to be disappointed by Romney.


41 posted on 11/06/2012 11:58:49 PM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: nutmeg

THEY STUFFED THE BALLOT BOX DON’T YOU SEE? ALL THE RACES WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WIN WE LOST, GET IT?


42 posted on 11/06/2012 11:59:47 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

hello *waves*


43 posted on 11/06/2012 11:59:53 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: ansel12

No Romney atually did well, the election was almost a tie they cheated at least that is what I think. Did you really think Obama was going to go just remember what he said 4 years ago the night he was elected:

“WE are the ones we have been waiting for” what do you think he meant by that. I hate Obama don’t blame Romney
blame Evil


44 posted on 11/07/2012 12:00:28 AM PST by funfan
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

Romney despised Reagan, despises conservatives, and actually left the republican party because of Reagan.

Romney is anti-conservative, and he deserves the blame of what his 20 years of effort, and 50 millions dollars of his personal funds, did to America.


45 posted on 11/07/2012 12:02:29 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney not only reelected Obama, he lost the Senate,ruined the "down ticket", West, Mia Love, Brown.)
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To: All

Are they sure we still hold the house?

It would be nice to ditch Boehner. Wothless piece of chit.

But the Unpublicans kept him as their leader, tells ya something, eh?

Doesn’t matter if they’re R or D...we aren’t playing on the same team.


46 posted on 11/07/2012 12:04:32 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: goodnesswins
Frankly, this election SMELLS....I think we got ALINSKIED, and maybe there was some major FRAUD...sophisticated, from the TOP fraud....

I agree absolutely 100 percent. How is it that the presidential was declared so early and quickly? It stinks like yesterday's diapers.

Sooner or later Americans are going to have to face down being overcome by "elected" authority they never elected.

47 posted on 11/07/2012 12:06:48 AM PST by Finny (A deal with the devil is ALWAYS a losing proposition. Voting for Romney to avoid Obama is just that.)
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To: ansel12

The libertarian candidate made Mia Love lose.


48 posted on 11/07/2012 12:08:59 AM PST by MacMattico
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To: rainee
Thank you for a little bit of good news, rainee! Thank God... Steve King beat Christie Vilsack!

Steve is a good man... there are so few of them left. God bless him.

49 posted on 11/07/2012 12:10:26 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: ansel12

“Romney is anti-conservative, and he deserves the blame of what his 20 years of effort, and 50 millions dollars of his personal funds, did to America.”

But West lost. A Republican is a Republican is a Republican. Doesn’t matter if he’s a RINO or the best conservative out there. The Dems will always find a way to get someone even more liberal.


50 posted on 11/07/2012 12:11:18 AM PST by ari-freedom
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To: KantianBurke

There wasn’t an Allen West problem, this all was a national voter problem.
Taking things is better than making things.
Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you...

The USA is toast.
Pray for a miracle.


51 posted on 11/07/2012 12:12:50 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: funfan

Romney “did well” by losing to Jimmy Carter?

You have a strange way of deciding success.


52 posted on 11/07/2012 12:15:33 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney not only reelected Obama, he lost the Senate,ruined the "down ticket", West, Mia Love, Brown.)
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To: KantianBurke

I’m hoping for a West/Rubio or a Rubio/West ticket in 2016!!!


53 posted on 11/07/2012 12:15:33 AM PST by Mier (Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent!! "Jim Quinn")
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To: nutmeg

Steve King will always win; Tom Latham defeated an incumbent Dem here in Iowa as well (redistricting).

Both of them “give lie” to the idea that farmers vote for Democrats. Both are in heavily rural districts (Latham’s family owns a seed business), but also have to deal with Metro areas..the rural areas vote them in overwhelmingly.

Most farmers in Iowa are conservative. Eastern Iowa is heavily union; plus, we have a cadre of crazy Evangelicals who were “pouting” about Santorum not being the pick.

To the extent that they voted, it would have been for King & Latham...I’m sure many left the top of the ticket blank.


54 posted on 11/07/2012 12:16:51 AM PST by garandgal
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To: yldstrk

I see, thanks for the info.


55 posted on 11/07/2012 12:17:01 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney not only reelected Obama, he lost the Senate,ruined the "down ticket", West, Mia Love, Brown.)
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To: ari-freedom

That was one of the major points against the liberal, anti-conservative Romney, that he would hurt the down ticket, and he did.


56 posted on 11/07/2012 12:18:51 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney not only reelected Obama, he lost the Senate,ruined the "down ticket", West, Mia Love, Brown.)
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To: Lera

West was one of the 8 congresspeople that soros gang targeted. Joe Walsh, Il 8th district was another one and he lost too.

The whole freakin country has gone bat sh*t crazy.


57 posted on 11/07/2012 12:24:46 AM PST by AllAmericanGirl44 (Fluck this adminstration of misfits.)
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To: Finny

As has been mentioned, we lost all the close races. This does not pass the smell test. For many years, people have laughed about dead voters, etc., but it’s not even the least bit funny. I think we’ve been had, and I wish there was something we could do about it.
We need to find a way to make sure it’s one person per vote.


58 posted on 11/07/2012 12:26:06 AM PST by Essie
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To: ari-freedom

This isn’t about democrats vs republicans anymore. Its about the “makers” vs the “takers.” There are now more takers than makers. The takers rule this country. The makers are the slaves that fund it.


59 posted on 11/07/2012 12:28:56 AM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God! ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: A CA Guy

It was a black thing. All of the blacks in South Florida, Tampa, and all along the I-4 corridor handed it to Obama. They only came out for Obama and voted straight Democrat up and down.

Next election if it isn’t Cory Booker running (who I do believe will be the guy the Dem’s pick) then blacks will stay home just like they will stay home in 2014 for the mid-terms.


60 posted on 11/07/2012 12:32:25 AM PST by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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