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October 17, 2008 Murtha cancels debate with opponent
Fresh from calling his western Pennsylvania constituents racists and issuing a stuttering non-apology, Representative John Murtha (D-PA) cancelled a debate with his Republican opponent, retired Army Lt. Col. Bill Russell.
As Russell's campaign manager stated
Describing the citizens he wants to represent, the ones Murtha smeared as racist:
Yeah, and many of them cling to their religion and guns also. Obama and Murtha seem to have a prejudice against people like that. Thomas Lifson adds: All the political experts assure us that Murtha is invulnearble, owing to his many years of bringing home pork for a depressed area which has few jobs being created other than government projects. But I have to wonder if the long-suffering constituents aren't more than a little angry at the erratic behavior of their congressman, now a laughingstock. I haven't seen any polling for the district. But I will wathcing the results come in carefully, with my fingers crossed. Murtha deserves being retired by his district's voters. Update -- Brett McCrae provides data on Murtha's previous polling status, which makes it look like Murtha would have to lose a lot of support: On average Murtha defeats Republicans by an average of 32.5% of the vote (over 50,000 in gross numbers). Furthermore, Republicans have not EVER garnered more than 42% of the popular vote against Murtha during his reign |
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