John Murtha May Lose His Re-election Bid

It appears as thought John Murtha is slipping in the polls in his bid to win re-election. His opponent is an Iraq war veteran who was so disgusted by Murtha’s remarks about the Haditha marines being cold blooded murderers that he decided to run against him.

Calling his constituents racists surely can’t help his re-election bid, and it appears to be one of the issues that has caused the race to tighten.

he’s upset with Murtha’s comment that racism in the district could hurt Democrat Barack Obama’s chances. “I didn’t like that at all. He shouldn’t have said it,” Shemanski said

But there is one more issue that seems to be affecting his poll numbers, an issue that I find a little surprising.

Many residents in the district are upset with Congress for passing a $700 billion economic recovery package in an effort to stabilize the nation’s financial market, Russell said. Murtha supported the legislation. “The bailout, the way it was produced, ended up a bad bill,” Russell said. “The average person here who has been paying their mortgage or have paid off their house, are being asked to foot the bill for all these people — whether it is the bank or the speculator or the person who bought beyond their means — and people are very unhappy about that,” Russell said.

The infamous bailout bill. The general consensus is that the slowing economy favors Barack Obama and thus Democrats but there are many, many people who are extremely upset with the bailout bill, (I am one of them), and it will be interesting to see what kind of affect that it has on not just this race but on races around the country. If any.

The bailout bill could prove to have ramifications that no politician foresaw. People are not happy about it and this could make more politicians vulnerable than we know.

We heat allot about how many Republicans are vulnerable in the upcoming election, but nothing about vulnerable Democrats. Not all Democrats can be safe, and Murtha appears to be one who isn’t.

I hope he gets what he deserves.