Dems Win PA-12!!!! ... HANDILY!

[Clio the Leo]

Now THAT is the one that counts the most (for now!)

DEMS beat the GOP!!!!!!!!

This was Murtha's seat ... it had gone from Kerry to McCain in 2008

It's a REFERENDUM on Obama!!!! (ha!)

:kick: :bounce: :kick:

Burns had been in the lead for most of the race...
http://nicholasjacob.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/tim-burns-expands-lead-in-pa-12-race/

And that makes us what, 4-0 in special elections now? I've lost count.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Yeah!

[Parker CA]

2. Beautiful.

[saltpoint]

3. This was a crucial race. Congrats to the blue team, big time.

[Hippo_Tron]

4. I don't understand, I'm watching the teevee and they say the Dems are DOOMD

Obama must be really unpopular because the guy he endorsed didn't win a primary. Oh and Rand Paul means super duper tea bagger power. Or something like that...

[jaxx]

5. Yayyyyyyy

[jenmito]

6. Yeah boyyy! And now Keith reported that Critz is going to win and thus "hold the seat for the Dems,

but the BIG story is what the Specter loss means." :eyes: Earlier they were putting much more importance on this race!

[Pushed To The Left]

17. Specter loss means the progressive challenger won! n/t

[WCGreen]

21. I don't think he is a progressive...

From what I see, he is a democrat...

[pinto]

7. Eat that one MSM talking heads.

:kick:

[KingFlorez]

8. Put that in your tea and drink it, teabaggers!

[napi21]

9. Hmmm, not 4-0. Remember Mass! nt

[Clio the Leo]

12. lol, I had banished that from my memory...

.... and of course I was ABOUT to say "until that HI election." :)

[PopSixSquish]

10. ALRIGHT!

The GOP was gunning for this seat and they lost!

Semper Fi Jack!

:patriot:

[mvd]

11. Great win!

Now if only Lincoln would lose.. any chance?

[vercetti2021]

13. Good win!

Let the TP heads explode!

[angee_is_mad]

14. YAY!!!!

:toast: this one is on me.

[saltpoint]

15. A key win not only for the Dems it uplifts but for the Pukes it pisses off.

They wanted this Murtha district seat real bad.

But they ain't gonna git it.

[scheming daemons]

16. This is a kick in the teeth to right wing shock jock Jim Quinn

He busted Murtha's balls for years and was working overtime to help Burns in this race.

[Bravo Zulu]

20. Jim Quinn

is a turd!

[dumpdabaggers]

18. But Critz is a bluedog. Opposes health bill.

Still, great to beat the baggers.

[Clio the Leo]

19. Is he a Republican?

Right now that is ALL that matters.

[Clio the Leo]

22. Chairman Steele reacts to the CRUSHING defeat....

While we had hoped for a better result, Republican Tim Burns ran an excellent campaign in one of the bluest of congressional districts. Despite the fact that Pennsylvania’s 12th district has been a Democratic stronghold for more than thirty years and Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by more than 2 to 1, Republican Tim Burns pushed his Democratic opponent to the wire by campaigning against the liberal agenda of national Democrats. Democrat Mark Critz sought to distance himself from virtually every major issue on the Democrats’ unpopular legislative agenda. Now he’s headed to Washington, D.C., to join President Obama and Nancy Pelosi in passing more bailouts, more “stimulus” packages and more reckless government expansions – the very policies that prevent southwestern Pennsylvania from achieving the economic recovery they deserve. This race should serve notice to Democratic officeholders everywhere that no seat is safe and that voters will not accept business-as-usual.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/18/steele-responds-to-gop-loss-in-pennsylvania-special-election/?fbid=FIK4gPKmci8

So Critz was in "one of the bluest congressional districts" but he had to run AGAINST the liberal agenda?

:rofl: whatever "dawg!" That doesn't even make any sense.

[Beacool]

23. As much as it's great that the seat stayed in Democratic hands,

it's worth noting that Critz ran almost as a Republican. He was against the healthcare bill, he's pro-gun and pro-life.

;(

[NJmaverick]

24. K & R!