corner.nationalreview.com - 11/4/2008
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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:
The Russell campaign's internal polls had them tied(!) at 46 percent Saturday night.
Murtha has raised a fortune in the last ...
politickerpa.com - 11/3/2008
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politickerpa.com —
NEW STANTON -- Republican congressional candidate Bill Russell's
rally on Sunday featured several Iraq war veterans vehemently
criticizing U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D- Johnstown ), who they say betrayed them when he said troops in Iraq killed innocent ...
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Marine vet at Russell rally: Murtha a 'fat little ...
pajamasmedia.com - 10/31/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
October 31, 2008 MURTHA'S IN TROUBLE: 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. If you'd like to help ...
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thehill.com - 10/31/2008
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thehill.com —
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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TheHill.com
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Murtha v Russell
Mudville Gazette —
A note from one campaign: The Murtha campaign is hitting the carpetbagger theme pretty hard, though it's not quite fair. Russell moved to the district after he retired from the army, and during his 28 year career in the military his family had no real permanent home. He'd pretty much be a carpet bagger no matter where he went. Nonetheless, the Russell campaign thinks that if anything has hurt them it's this. In fact, when Murtha angrily denounced Russell as a "G-d damn carpetbagger" he may have looked like a crazy old man from the outside, it ...
2008 US Election Day Linkfest
small dead animals —
... . Just a reminder - beware the exit poll reports. They were intentionally wrong (manipulated and leaked) in 2000, wrong in 2004 and wrong again in 2006. One I"ll be watching - on behalf of the wrongly accused, and Murtha-convicted Marines of "Haditha". Drop your own links in the comments. I'll start a new thread for discussion once actual returns begin to come in. Posted by Kate at November 4, 2008 10:07 AM
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CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
NEW YORK (CNN) — Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha has won re-election to his District 12 seat. He beat Republican challenger William Russell.
Murtha, serving his 16th term, recently fired up controversy after saying this about some of his own ...
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