reason.com - 10/27/2008
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TNR House race guru Eve Fairbanks assesses the self-inflicted political damage of John Murtha, asks whether he will win re-election, then asks a better question: Who cares? Let 'im drown. Murtha has always been a sore spot in Democrats' efforts to claim they want a cleaner Washington -- a ...
vetsforfreedom.com - 10/29/2008
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vetsforfreedom.com —
Dear Representative John Murtha, In November 2005, you
accused a group of United States Marines of killing
“innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you ...
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Vets for Freedom
vetsforfreedom.org - 10/29/2008
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vetsforfreedom.org —
Dear Representative John Murtha, In November 2005, you
accused a group of United States Marines of killing
“innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you ...
(more)
Vets for Freedom
thehill.com - 10/27/2008
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thehill.com —
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House
Appropriations defense panel, has secured the most earmarked dollars
in the 2008 military spending bill, followed closely by the panel s ranking member Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.). Even though Young secured ...
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Murtha nabs $150M pork
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thehill.com 10/31/2008 — Veteran Democratic Rep. John Murtha (Pa.) has sent out a last-minute plea for $1 million to save his hotly contested seat, endangered by his own remarks describing his district as racist. In an e-mail sent to potential donors, Murtha s campaign asked ...
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redstate.com 10/23/2008 — And What Democrat Has Done More to Merit Defeat?
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Democratic Rep. John Murtha leads retired Army Lt. Col. William
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blogs.tnr.com 10/27/2008 — It takes terrible luck or astonishing talent for a congressional Democrat to be endangered this year. Still, there are a half-dozen Democrats who really could lose their seats a week from tomorrow.
On the bad-luck end, there's Nick Lampson, the ...
Malkin: Booting John Murtha
article.nationalreview.com 10/24/2008 — The bible- and gun-toting racists and rednecks of Western Pa. will have the last word.
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corner.nationalreview.com 11/4/2008 — Just spoke to a source close to the William Russell campaign on the ground in Pennsylvania, and here's what he had to say about the status of the Murtha/Russell race:
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 10/24/2008 — by publius
John Murtha seems to be in real danger of losing his seat. The problem, as best I can tell, was Murtha’s bold mavericky strategy of calling his constituents racists and rednecks . In my five years of blogging, I’m not sure I’ve ever ...
Sen. Stevens guilty of corruption charges —
Reuters: Politics 10/27/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was found guilty on Monday of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts from a powerful constituent, a verdict that could help Democratic efforts to increase their control of the Senate ...
Stevens: 'I am innocent' —
CNN Political Ticker 10/27/2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct."
"I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of ...
Sen. Stevens found guilty of corruption —
Reuters: Politics 10/28/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was convicted of corruption on Monday, a verdict that could endanger the Republican's political future and help Democrats expand control of the Senate in the November 4 election.