Why are the Democrats celebrating the win in a 2 to1 Democrat registration district?
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Hmmm! Thе Democrats аrе celebrating thеіr win іn thе 12th district οf Pennsylvania whеrе Democrat registrations outnumber Republican registrations bу 2 tο 1, whіlе losing thе οthеr national contests. Whу? Arе thеу celebrating thаt bесаυѕе іt іѕ Bush’s fault οr those pesky Tea Party people?
Thе Democrat lost іn one rасе bу a margin οf аn unprecedented 4 tο 1 margin.
Whаt dο уου rесkοn?
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Burns should have lost by a landslide, but he didn’t. In fact, he led through exit polling until mid afternoon.
The PA Murtha open seat was won by a dem with 6 % points while that district has a ( 2 to 1 ) majority dem population. This means a huge % of dems didn’t vote dem. Every web news service is highlighting that the dems are in serious chit come November — nation wide. It’s not a case of a dem winnning, it’s a case of a really controlled dem majority district, the dem that "did" win", barely did. Look at the sentiment nation wide where there isn’t a 2 to 1 advantage which is most of the country.
I am pretty sure it is because…to quote Republicans:
"PA-12 is the only district in the country that John Kerry won in 2004 but Barack Obama lost in 2008. It’s a natural test bed for the GOP’s electoral strategy before November. If the GOP can’t win in PA-12, its ability to take the House or even gain a significant number of seats outside its traditional strongholds will be seriously thrown into question."
http://www.frumforum.com/gop-targets-murthas-ancient-seat
"The House race features Republican Tim Burns against Democrat Mark Critz to fill out the final few months in the term of the late Democratic Rep. John Murtha. But the two national parties made it something more than that when they chose several weeks ago to invest heavily — roughly $1 million apiece independent of their candidates.
"This is the fall. This is where it happens," said Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100517/ap_on_el_ge/us_primary_rdp
Over and over, the Republicans said that race was a right indicator. Those comments can’t be backed away from since they lost.
Because any political party celebrates when they win and many people were predicting the Republican candidate would win.