he was the second most corrupt man in dc, after rangel
as chair of defense appropriations he kept steering hundreds of millions to contractors represented by pma, a lobbyist he was closely associated with and which steered big sums back into his campaigns
he was also earl of earmarks, most famously the eponymous airport in johnstown which gets so much money but sees so little traffic
he also once quite stupidly insulted his constituents as a lot of racists
now his district, pa12, is the only in the nation that went for mccain in 08 and jfkerry in 04
very interesting
i read that as meaning it's a very close district
mccain won it with 49%, jfk with 51
again, a close district
it's lower income but kinda clingy to bibles and guns
that a big, old and heavy hitter like murtha would take it by 58...
i wouldn't be too surprised, i would expect as much, i would expect goodness knows what arms twisted and boxes pried...
if you know what i mean
like i said, murtha was monstrously mendacious
anyway, a 58 point win in november of 08 is certainly no 58 today
as we've seen in virginia, new jersey and massachusetts
those referenda witnessed TWENTY FIVE to THIRTY point swings SO (since obama)
dems are super scared about pa12
they should be