Comments on: Representative Murtha: May The Almighty Have Mercy

By: Nightly Ramble Tuesday

Nightly Ramble Tuesday — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:04:34 +0000

[...] THE MAN’S NOT EVEN COLD YET…. And already, the mainstream media is in full speculation mode as to who will take over Murtha’s seat. Democrats already had a hell of a time in the last cycle hanging onto his seat, because of the amount of corruption involved with the man. Couple that with the idea that the district has long had fairly conservative leanings, and you begin to see what a crapshoot this is going to be. The governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, is going to have to set up a special election within the next ten days. Personally, I look to see that elections sometime around the middle of may, but we will see. I notice that there are a couple of republicans already in the race for the next cycle, who will probably step up for this special election. Tim Burns being one of them, and William Russell, who ran in the last cycle unsuccessfully. I’m not seeing much in the way of Democrats ready to run for the seat, just yet. Perhaps that has to do with the fight Democrats have in front of them to hang on to the seat. The democrats on exactly flush with cash, and this particular district is going to take lots of money if they’re going to be successful in maintaining their control. Frankly, I don’t see Democrats as willing to spend that kind of money with so much stancked against them, just now. I notice that Stacy McCain is watching this one closely. [...]

By: Reaganite Republican

Reaganite Republican — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:29:29 +0000

Good stuff… linked at Reaganite Republican:

http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2010/02/murtha-seat-up-for-grabs-dems-already.html

By: Chuck Cross

Chuck Cross — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:18 +0000

@ smitty – Thanks for the clarification!

By: Doom

Doom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:51:37 +0000

May he lift one with Teddy and bros. May it not be a scotch. I hope the muslims enjoy their new virgin. And may they have no lube, pleasure, or release. Hubba Hubba Cheers.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:19:12 +0000

I hated his politics. What he did to fellow Marines was wrong, but he did serve honorably in combat. I will leave it to God to sort out.

By: thatsright

thatsright — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:58:37 +0000

I second Richard’s sentiment.

Smitty, you know I love ya, but while he may have been born here, he’s not my “fellow American”. My family has served since they got here too. Not one of them came home and slandered their fellow soldiers to score cheap political points. In my opinion, for that he deserves no respite, even in death.

By: That's Right

That's Right — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:30 +0000

Recent Vacancy in Pennsylvania’s 12th District…

As my twitter friend and excellent blogger, Kill Truck, said…condolences. That̵ ……

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:48:07 +0000

I can think of eight families I feel more sorry for than Jack Murtha right now. Marine families.

http://threebeerslater.blogspot.com/2010/02/kickback-jack-murtha-kicks-bucket.html

By: Red

Red — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:39:28 +0000

I think that was the best pulling of punches Ace could do. Matter of fact. I liked it.

By: smitty

smitty — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:30:27 +0000

@Chuck,
I mean that the House rules favoring incumbency could be changed. I would
a) Randomly assign committee chairmanships to majority party members. The USMC calls a variation of this a ‘quality spread’ at The Basic School,
b) Preclude successive stints on committees, and
c) Vigorously oppose Federal over-reach.
The Federalism Amendment, or something similar, will be required to move these kinds of ideas past wishful thinking.