WashingtoneBayer
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posted on June 7, 2006 05:09:20 AM new
Republican wins House race in Calif.
Usual outcome to peepa's predictions. 
Ron
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Bear1949
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posted on June 7, 2006 07:37:23 AM new
Yup, sheepa's gonna be singing a Ronstadt song, "Poor, poor, pitiful me".
"More Iraqis think things are going well in Iraq than Americans do. I guess they dont get the New York Times over there.Jay Leno".
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fenix03
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posted on June 7, 2006 07:51:11 AM new
Ron, the problem is that a dem got 43 percent of the vote in a district that over 60% republican.
The republican did win but it was not an easy or cheap win.
And personally, I think that saying that advertising on Spanish language radio is trying to appeal get illegals out to vote is repulsive. The top rated radio stations in the area are spanish stations. Is it really nessesary to ignore a top media outlet in order to avoid being accused of encouraging voter fraud?
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[ edited by fenix03 on Jun 7, 2006 08:22 AM ]
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stonecold613
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posted on June 7, 2006 11:53:14 AM new
Yep. The bigdopa proves again what a dumbazz he really is.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13169540/
Also in Alabama, voters passed a ban on gay marriage by a 4-to-1 margin.
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rustygumbo
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posted on June 7, 2006 01:02:24 PM new
It was an uphill battle for Democrats for that seat. From what I've seen the DNC again screwed up by not putting enough money in a Republican stronghold. If the Dems think that a "close" race is acceptable, they obviously don't know the difference between winning and losing a race.
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washingtonebayer
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posted on June 7, 2006 01:21:15 PM new
fenix, whether you find it repulsive or not. It is politics and Bibray won. After all of peepa's rants it is funny that people are still voting as they always have. This seat here was a bell weather position and I doubt the Dems will win in Nov either.
Ron
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rustygumbo
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posted on June 7, 2006 04:22:06 PM new
"This seat here was a bell weather position and I doubt the Dems will win in Nov either."
You can doubt all you want that the Dems will win in November, but this was most definately NOT a bell weather position. Bilbray didn't even get 50% of the vote in a district that is heavily Republican. If the registration was weighted more evenly, then yes it could be viewed as Bell Weather for the fall. What it really signals is that the Republicans are NOT out of the water yet, as they should have won by 10 points or more based on the population, and the Democrats better think hard about their strategy this fall if they plan on making changes in Congress. What it shows is that the races ahead are going to be as close as everybody expects them to be.
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fenix03
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posted on June 7, 2006 06:24:53 PM new
Rusty - I think it says more that the GOP outspent the dem nearly 2 to 1 to eak out a 5% lead in a district where they have about %15 more registered voters.
Sure, the dems could have spent more, but this is an election that determins a 4 month term. This seat goes back to the polls in Novemeber. I think the fact that the GOP poured 5.5 million into the seat shows just how concerned they are.
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rustygumbo
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posted on June 7, 2006 06:50:04 PM new
fenix- it is time that the Dems step up to the plate and fight for every seat. This "let's choose our battles wisely" strategy hasn't worked for Democrats in the past. They've lost too many seats under that strategy to the point where you have to question, "are they really choosing wisely?". I know Republicans are concerned, hence 5.5 million bucks, but it also concerns me that the Democrats still aren't aggressive. If Dems think they can be like Al Gore in 2000, where he woke up too late to realize it was over... it will be over.
Also, I don't know where you got your numbers, but the California 50th District is actually 44% Republican, 30% Democrat and the rest divided up by Independents and other parties. It is still a huge difference at 14%.
[ edited by rustygumbo on Jun 7, 2006 06:51 PM ]
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fenix03
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posted on June 7, 2006 08:16:59 PM new
rusty - are you really calling me on a 1% difference? As for what I know about the 50th? It's where I used to live (and hopefully be be again very soon)
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profe51
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posted on June 7, 2006 08:46:53 PM new
The Republican Party spent over 4 million on that race to get the bare win they got. They have a lot of money, but they don't have enough to spend like that even on all the races that matter.
A lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on June 7, 2006 09:12:12 PM new
Anyone who thinks that win will not carry over into November is sadly mistaken.
Democrats have no intention of spending the money necessary to win at least in that election.
Ron
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on June 9, 2006 03:59:35 AM new
Notice how peepa is suspiciously absent from this post, guess the lying hypocrite couldn't stand the failure.
Ron
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classicrock000
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posted on June 9, 2006 04:27:08 AM new
well Ron,I think we're all like that.When you're proven wrong,why continue to agrue and make a complete fool out of yourself? 
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rustygumbo
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:00:21 PM new
fenix- you said the district was over 60% Republican, and I said I read it was 44%. perhaps i misunderstood you, but i think that is about a 16% difference if i'm not mistaken.
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classicrock000
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posted on June 9, 2006 02:59:26 PM new
ah-oh-I see Rusty found his calculator....
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