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Mark Critz Defeats Tim Burns in Pennsylvania Special Election for Murtha's Seat

Critz's convincing win has to be a severe blow to Republican hopes to win control of the House. They nationalized the campaign, attacking Pelosi, Reed and Obama while Critz focused on local issues. Result: easy victory for the Democrat. This race will be repeated across the nation this fall.

There is a lot of time between now and this fall, and people are clearly dissatisfied with incumbents right now.
 
There is a lot of time between now and this fall, and people are clearly dissatisfied with incumbents right now.


I think this hits the nail on the head. individual races can indeed be won locally, especially when you have a candidate in a heavily gerrymandered district, that lies about who he really is. But on a national scale, it isn't the R or D after the name, it is the incumbent tag.


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Critz's convincing win has to be a severe blow to Republican hopes to win control of the House. They nationalized the campaign, attacking Pelosi, Reed and Obama while Critz focused on local issues. Result: easy victory for the Democrat. This race will be repeated across the nation this fall.

Did you notice how Obama campaigned for Critz? Here is a District where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2 to 1 Margin and you are taking partisan victory laps for a candidate that did not ask for Obama's help nor did he run on anything Obama has proposed and in fact is about as anti Obama as the Republican candidate.

What you are showing is that for a Democrat to get elected they have to run as a Conservative. Not sure that Critz will even win in November as he is up for re-election but enjoy the perceived victory.
 
Did you notice how Obama campaigned for Critz? Here is a District where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2 to 1 Margin and you are taking partisan victory laps for a candidate that did not ask for Obama's help nor did he run on anything Obama has proposed and in fact is about as anti Obama as the Republican candidate.

What you are showing is that for a Democrat to get elected they have to run as a Conservative. Not sure that Critz will even win in November as he is up for re-election but enjoy the perceived victory.

The PVI for the district is R+1. The people there, whether Democrat or Republican, are, for the most part, pretty independent.

Here is the mistake the GOP made. Running a national campaign for their guy, when the voters were concentrating on local issues. But that's OK. The GOP can learn from their mistake, and I predict that, while not getting a landslide, the prospects for Republicans this fall are pretty good. They won't win back the House, but allied with Conservative Dems, they will effectively tie Obama's hands.
 
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The PVI for the district is R+1. The people there, whether Democrat or Republican, are, for the most part, pretty independent.

Here is the mistake the GOP made. Running a national campaign for their guy, when the voters were concentrating on local issues. But that's OK. The GOP can learn from their mistake, and I predict that, while not getting a landslide, the prospects for Republicans this fall are pretty good. They won't win back the House, but allied with Conservative Dems, they will effectively tie Obama's hands.

I think Obama's waterloo is going to be the so called, "Immigration reform"

Whenever politicians talk about reform, beware.
 
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