Byrne Wins Republican Runoff in Alabama House Race (Tea Party Loses Critical Race)

[onehandle]

Source: New York Times

MOBILE, Ala. — Bradley Byrne, a lawyer and former state senator, won a primary runoff race here Tuesday that was viewed as a critical test of whether the Republican establishment could fight off a Tea Party challenger.

Mr. Byrne defeated Dean Young, a conservative businessman who had counted on Tea Party support in this Deep Red district to overcome his opponent’s money and mainstream endorsements.

He will face Burton LeFlore, a Democrat, on Dec. 17. But in Alabama’s deeply conservative First Congressional District, which has been represented by a Republican for nearly a half-century, Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff was largely seen as tantamount to the general election.

The special election came about unexpectedly with the sudden retirement announcement in May by Representative Jo Bonner, one of three Republicans who have held the seat going back to 1965. But the race to replace Mr. Bonner became a national proxy fight between the ideological wings of the Republican Party after Mr. Byrne and Mr. Young emerged atop a nine-candidate field in a September primary.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/us/politics/tea-party-republican-loses-alabama-runoff.html

[putitinD]

1. another loss for the Koch's

[tofuandbeer]

6. +1

[Heather MC]

12. This the Third Major Loss for Tea Turds tonight 4th if you count Christie, he is not a Tea Turd

And So far I don't hear the news talking about how huge this is that Tea Turds are losing left and right all over the country tonight

There is the VA Race

The Coralville, Iowa Races

Now GA races

this is a major sign that the Tea Turds are being rejected considering Off Elections has been where they have gotten a foot hold

[Snake Plissken]

2. Baggers losing in Alabama

I want to hear Ted Cruz spin this one as a victory

[lostincalifornia]

3. Good

[7962]

4. And a SORE LOSER at that. This from the Mobile news:

Though Young concedes, he says he will not call Byrne; he's sticking to his word that he will not support Byrne in the general election.http://blog.al.com/live/2013/11/polls_close_at_7_pm_for_al-01.html#incart_maj-story-2

And the GOP wonders why they cant win a national election. Idiots.

[Snake Plissken]

5. He sounds like the bagger in Alaska who Palin what pimping for Senate

I can't remember his name and he's not worthy of looking up.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. Damn! I want ALL the baggers to win these primaries! All of them!!

[Snake Plissken]

8. I only want them to win the ones that Republicans have a chance to lose in the election

In this case there is no chance of a republican losing, so if the bagger won the primary he would have won the general election.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. True, but it's a bad sign if the bagger can't even win in Alabama. The KKKochs must really be

putting the $$$$$ in these races to ensure bagger losses.

[Snake Plissken]

11. The baggers are the ones who the Koch brothers have been able to successfully brainwash.

The baggers are the only ones crazy enough to fight for government to take money out of their pockets to put into the pockets of billionaires like the Koch brothers.

[DocMac]

10. lol

[babylonsister]

13. This is what I was looking for! So, the teabagger

crazy even managed to frighten the fine folk in Alabama. Good job!!

[trof]

14. I voted for Byrne in that election.

Our South Baldwin (county, Alabama) Democrats got out the vote for Byrne.
Any registered voter can vote in the repug runoff.
We took a bullet (Byrne), but dodged a mortar round (Young).

We'll vote Dem in the general election, but our guy doesn't have even a ghost of a chance.