This is what I was thinking of when all this started to hit the fan. There wouldn't even be a damn special election if the 'Pub Congressman (Murphy) would have kept his noodle in his pants when it came to screwing around with a mistress and reportedly asking her to get an abortion all the while claiming to be pro-life. That is the kind of scandal that is going to tarnish the brand of any 'Pub candidate who tries to hold the seat. I don't understand why these people have to screw up like this. How difficult is it to simply say no to one's baser proclivities and so lead a moral life? I'm no saint, but I know enough not to screw around and betray my marriage vows.
Exactly.
Way to many on this site have seem to forgotten about the scandal. Murphy should have announced he would not run again and stayed in until the midterm. Someone went panic mode and rushed a bad campaigner out there.
A special election based on that scandal and the gop is that close? hardly a meter for a national takeover. Especially since the house is an arena that, while folks claim to hate congress, they love their own congressman.
Penn 18 was a local race.