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polipundit.com - 11/5/2008
Chris Shays bites the dust
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Sorry to see another Dem seat, but it's nice to see the back of Christopher Shays. The Connecticut Republican voted for the Wall Street bailout, and also took contributions from the real estate industry to push to re-legalize the zero-down-payment loans that caused the mortgage/housing/financial ...

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courant.com - 11/5/2008
Shays Concedes -
— courant.com — "Tonight, we lost an election, but we didn't lose our souls," his wife, Betsi, told the crowd at the Norwalk Inn. Shays, a 21-year incumbent, held off tough challenges in 2006 and 2005, but this year the Obama wave appeared to be taking a toll. With ... (more) Shays Concedes -

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ace.mu.nu - 11/5/2008
Chris Shays Loses Lone Republican in New England congressional delegation now gone
— ace.mu.nu — « Fox News Calls Election for Barack Obama | Main | Oh, It's Over, Darlin'. Way Over. » DelD Offers His Congratulations Speech So Obama won. It's not the end of the world. Everybody chill out. 1) It's hardly a popular vote blowout. McCain kept it ... (more) Chris Shays Loses Lone Republican in New England ...

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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/5/2008
I'll Sort of Miss Chris Shays
— corner.nationalreview.com — David Freddoso suggests a few silver linings. I disagree with this one: 9) Rep. Chris Shays (R., Conn.) finally lost. Shays was no conservative, of course. His ACU rating was a measly 45 percent. But he got a few things right: He favored the ... (more) I'll Sort of Miss Chris Shays

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Opinionating the Vote #15
The Opinionator — ... And while Democrats may be pleased, not all conservatives are crying in their beer, including W.C. Varones at Polipundit: Sorry to see another Dem seat, but it’s nice to see the back of Christopher Shays. The Connecticut Republican voted for the Wall Street bailout, and also took contributions from the real estate industry to push to re-legalize the zero-down-payment loans that caused the mortgage/housing/financial crisis in the first place. We have burned down the corrupt, incompetent, big-government Republican Party of Chris Shays, GW Bush, Henry Paulson, Ted Stevens, et. ...

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