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videocafe.crooksandliars.com - 10/31/2008
Chris Shays gets off the Straight Talk Express
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Virtually certain now of McCain's imminent defeat Chris Shays effectively tosses McCain under the bus. In an interview with the Yale Daily News: NEW CANAAN, Conn. - The first ballot has yet to be tallied, but some Republicans are already hammering nails into the McCain-Palin campaign's coffin. ...

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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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article.nationalreview.com - 10/28/2008
Lowry: John McCain -- The Agony of a Gadfly
— article.nationalreview.com — Perhaps no other Republican candidate was so poorly suited to the task of running a presidential race. (more) Lowry: John McCain -- The Agony of a Gadfly

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McCain First, Second, And Always
tnr.com - 11/2/2008
McCain First, Second, And Always
— tnr.com — One day in early March 1986, John McCain, an Arizona congressman, sat down to write a letter. McCain had heard that a long-time friend and donor, Charles Keating, was upset for being listed as a member of McCain's campaign finance committee when a ... (more) McCain First, Second, And Always

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FMB (Penultimate Edition)
Discourse.net — ... McCain’s Disgrace Political Animal, Of course it’s about race George F. Will, Call Him John the Careless Political Animal, Will has no use for McCain TalkLeft, Conservatives Dis and Ditch McCain-Palin Opinio Juris, Beware of a “Mavericky” America Where Failed Policies are Rewarded, or, Why Francis Fukuyama Endorses Barack Obama Crooks & Liars, Chris Shays gets off the Straight Talk Express Emergent Chaos: For McCain Palin ...

Friday McBush/McSame Bashing (Penultimate Edition)
Discourse.net — ... McCain’s Disgrace Political Animal, Of course it’s about race George F. Will, Call Him John the Careless Political Animal, Will has no use for McCain TalkLeft, Conservatives Dis and Ditch McCain-Palin Opinio Juris, Beware of a “Mavericky” America Where Failed Policies are Rewarded, or, Why Francis Fukuyama Endorses Barack Obama Crooks & Liars, Chris Shays gets off the Straight Talk Express Emergent Chaos: For McCain Palin ...

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Chris Shays bites the dust
polipundit.com 11/5/2008 — 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 ...
I'll Sort of Miss Chris Shays — The Corner on National Review Online
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 surge in Iraq, free trade, and the Patriot Act. ...
The last — Maggie's Farm
Our friend Chris Shays (R-CT), the only Republican Congressman left in New England , was swept out of office in a wave of Obamania emanating from his home town of Bridgeport. Conservatives loved to complain about his moderate positions, but he had no choice in his district. He was ...
Opinionating the Vote #15 — The Opinionator
Shays of Connecticut is another Republican loss.
No more pallin’ around with Shays for Baird — HorsesAss.Org
Brian Baird BFF Chris Shays loses to new and better Democrat Jim Himes. No more “bi-partisan” trips to Iraq. Sad.
Repubs Shays, Feeney Lose in House — Drudge Retort
In the House of Representatives, Republican incumbents Chris Shays in Connecticut and Tom Feeney in Florida have gone down to defeat.
Rep. Shays Loses Bid For 11th Term — News
Rep. Chris Shays (Conn.), the last Republican House member in New England, has lost his bid for an 11th term, according to the Associated Press and CNN. Shays lost to Democrat Jim Himes, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs. Their southwest Connecticut district is among the most affluent in ...
Can this night get any better? — Clareified
*Chris Shays GOES DOWN before TEN P.M. *Alarming News has gone dark. *Kearns is not moving to Montreal *Liddy Dole goes down in North Carolina *And did I mention that Barack HUSSEIN MOTHERFUCKERS OBAMA has Ca-linched the ELECTORAL COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man. Breathe, Dawn, Breathe.
Chris Shays Loses in Connecticut — FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right
All of New England's House seats are now blue. Mitch McConnell held on in Kentucky, which we would have posted in real time, but...
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On the Brink Blogging — Talking Points Memo
9:56 PM ... They're way ahead of the curve. But the Rocky Mountain News is calling Colorado for Obama. Let's wait and see on this one. None of the nets are calling it. 9:58 PM ... Chris Shays, last House GOPer in the Northeast concedes defeat.
House Update: No More New England GOPers — Hotline On Call Part Deux
The last GOPer in New England has lost. The AP has declared that Greenich Dem Chair Jim Himes (D) has defeated Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT 05). Many thought Shays could overcome the huge Obama surge here, but he was unable to do so. Dems took advantage of this, and Himes featured Obama's ...
Connecticut Results — Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
Instant call for Obama at the presidential level.The only competitive race in the state is Chris Shays' House race: CT-4 (12% in) Shays (R)* 37% Himes (D) 62%       
A 'center-left' Country — Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH Nina Easton on Fox News Channel gives a terrific analysis. The silence was deafening. Obama wins Iowa... Twirl the champagne, we’re almost there. Rep. Chris Shays concedes . Carol Shea-Porter wins .
Shays: McCain's Running a Dirty Campaign — Drudge Retort
Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays, New England's last House Republican, said that John McCain has not run a clean campaign and is likely to lose his bid for the presidency. "I just don't see how he can win," Shays told the Yale Daily News this week. "He has lost his brand as a maverick; he did not ...
Shays: McCain Can't Win — News
Connecticut Republican Rep. Chris Shays, locked in his own difficult reelection battle, said this past weekend that John McCain likely will not win the presidency. “I just don’t see how [McCain] can win,” Shays told the Yale Daily News. “He has lost his brand as a maverick; he did not live up to ...
Shays: McCain Can't Win; Lost His "Maverick" Brand — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The first ballot has yet to be tallied, but some Republicans are already hammering nails into the McCain-Palin campaign's coffin. Locked in a tight congressional race, Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut's 4th district is the latest in a slew of Republican incumbents, including Sen. Elizabeth ...
Shays: McCain Can't Win; Lost His "Maverick" Brand — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
The first ballot has yet to be tallied, but some Republicans are already hammering nails into the McCain-Palin campaign's coffin. Locked in a tight congressional race, Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut's 4th district is the latest in a slew of Republican incumbents, including Sen. Elizabeth ...
Et tu, Shays? — Swampland
AP tops a story about GOP bloodletting with a quote from Rep. Chris Shays, GOP moderate from Connecticut who co-sponsored Shays-Meehan, the House version of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. Shays is currently fighting to save his seat. Here's what he told the Yale Daily News ...
Shays: McCain ‘has lost his brand as a maverick.’ — Think Progress
In an interview with the Yale Daily News on Sunday, Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT) declared that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “ has lost his brand as a maverick ” and “did not live up to his pledge to fight a clean campaign.” Shays, who is the Connecticut co-chair of McCain’s ...
Himes defeats Shays — POLITICO.com: Congress
Chris Shays has conceded defeat to Jim Himes. Shays was the sole remaining House GOP seat in the region.