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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 04:55 PM
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So we lost the Special Congressional Election in the CA 48th district
What does this bode? Gilchrist did really poorly, but the GOP candidate won.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 04:57 PM
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1. no worries, if we'da won that one in the rupuke enclave of SoCal
we'd win every darn district in the country

as much as I wish, that'll never happen (100% Dem wins that is)
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 04:59 PM
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2. It does definitely say one thing
Teh immigration issue being ballyhooed is nothing at all. Gilchrist couldn';t even get 10% of the vote.

It does hurt the GOP, but only minimally. There is an element in their base that's motivated by this issue and it could be used as a wedge to throw the balance in some tight races.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 05:41 PM
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4. Gilchrist got 25% of the vote, just behind Young's 28%
JOHN CAMPBELL (REP)
41450
44.7%

STEVE YOUNG (DEM)
25926
28.0%

JIM GILCHRIST (AI)
23237
25.1%

BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN)
1242
1.3%

BRUCE COHEN (LIB)
880
0.9%





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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 05:34 PM
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3. Well, it shows people
aren't behind the Minutemen and that immigration is not going to be the rallying cry the GOP was hoping for...
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