The special election in California's 50th District is one to watch.

This is the one where Randall "Duke" Cunningham recently resigned in disgrace (he is now in federal prison for bribery).

It's a solidly conservative district, but it looks like the election will go to a Democrat this time around.

It is widely considered to be a bellwether for upcoming elections, especially since it has been run largely on national issues (by both sides).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...060400571.html

This one would truely be amazing but I won't count that chicken until I see it on the plate.

So....if Democrat Busby wants to clean up Congress, will she start with her own party?

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Ahhh.....too bad. Looks like Busby already screwed up BIG TIME. Looks like Ms. Busby was recorded at a campaign event telling people this......."You don't need papers to vote." The meeting was with an audience of Hispanic attendees and only Spanish-language media was invited. On the tape, a man is heard saying that he didnt' "have papers." Ms. Busby told him....."You can all help. You don't need papers for voting. You don't need to be a registered voter to help."

Ahhhh......too bad. Looks like the corrupt Democrat party is going to have what they hoped would happen to the Republicans.....happen to themselves.
http://www.rogerhedgecock.com/compon...page/Itemid,1/


I take back what I said on my first post above. Looks like she need to start with herself!!

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

I don't see this as a bellwether for upcoming elections. I wouldn't be surprised if the republicans in this district stay home from discouragement after the man they supported for so long turned out to be a crook. BUT, I don't think Duke's conviction will effect any other elections.

I think the only thing this election may reflect is how important is the immigration issue. Bilbray has tried to make it the centerpiece and Busby's recent comments may cement it. Interesting contest anyway.

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Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. It's a dumb question... skip it.

There you go again exempting republicans from wrongdoing, because democrats are just as crooked??

Neither party has the best interest of our nation in mind, and are equally as corrupt, and unethically minded!!

A vote for the democrat or republican party, is a vote for continued corruption, a guaranteed corporate controlled government, and we the people under the control & doing the bidding of the upper elite (top 10%)!!! Wake up and smell the con!!!!

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There are only two things wrong with this great nation of ours, democrats and republicans!

Not necessarily in that order.

IMO, the candidates to watch are Steele, a black republican running for theSenate from MD and Lynn Swan for PA Gov.

Two Northeast blacks running as GOP candidates could be a bellwether for black migration from a Democrat Party that has done little for balcks to a Republican party that doesn't recognize color.

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To donut, or not to donut, that is the question!

Well.....Nonsqtr and Apot: guess you've got your belwether question answered now. Looks like it's Republicans in the fall!!



Republicans retain House seat in California By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
1 hour, 33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Republican congressman won a bitter U.S. House of Representatives race in California on Tuesday, giving President George W. Bush's Republican Party its first dose of good political news in months.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060607/...election_dc_17

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Well, the message seems to be pretty clear. Bilbray won in SD, narrowly but he won. He's an interesting character, he's pro-choice and pro-gun-control, and therefore a bit of a maverick from the conservative viewpoint (and he's also a former lobbyist, which probably explains his narrow victory, given that the RNCC spent over 5 million bucks on the race).

In Alabama, Riley won easily over Roy Moore (the Ten Commandments guy). This was probably expected, "social conservatism" is all but dead as a viable political force. That would be corroborated by the consensus on this forum, over issues like gay marriage, and also by the numbers in Pennsylvania, which still show Santorum losing his seat by a wide margin.

In the San Francisco area, the business-backed moderate democrats won by significant margins over the lefty liberals. There were a baker's dozen of such races in California, and most of them came out the same way.

What all this tells me, is that people are sick and tired of ideology, and they want practical results.

Thoughts?

[quote]Really? Did you see me or anyone here predict Busby would actually win? I expected her to gouge the bedrock Republican base... and she did. She was outspent nearly 2 to 1. This is a storm cloud for the GOP (Greedy Officious Predators) come the Nov. elections.