Russel was a career military man. Murtha used that fact and called him a Carpetbagger because he didn't live in the district.
No, the people of PA-12 are just plain stupid. Of course, the media is biased as well. It's called the Johnstown "Tribune - Democrat."
It's just not that simple, and it's certainly not a legitimate excuse for the Burns defeat.
Russell was always the best candidate.
Burns was a establishment candidate anointed by a corrupt PAGOP chairman, Rob Gleason. By doing so, Gleason deliberately divided the conservative Republican base for his own selfish reasons.
Burns was an opportunist who attempted to buy himself an election and he failed miserably. His handlers fed him Bill Russell's positions and ideas and Burns regurgitated them. Burns thought he was a clever man, and that's what beat him. The Burns campaign was a lie from the beginning, and that fact could not be hidden.
Only Bill Russell can be Bill Russell. Russell has lived what he is, a man of truth, integrity, and character. He recognizes that truth is the only foundation on which to build anything strong and good and lasting, because only truth endures. Lies die.
The Burns campaign died last night. Critz beat Burns like a junkyard dog, and he'll do it again in November. PA-12 will now stay in Democrat hands until it ceases to exist in 2012.