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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:34 PM
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PRIMARY ELECTION UPSET: Alan Mollohan (Inc-D) loses in WV-1 to Oliverio.
Upset holding steady in WV1 - 25% of the vote in and Rep Alan Mollohan trails State Sen Mike Olivieri 55-45%

LINKS:

http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?county=Statewide&electionid=0

http://ht.ly/1JSTG

http://twitter.com/LarrySabato

http://twitter.com/jamiedupree
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:38 PM
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1. Larry Sabato sticks the knife deeper in Mollohan's back. It's funny. n/t
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:42 PM
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2. Mollohan loss probably improves D chances of holding seat in Nov,
prevents Rs from running against DC

http://twitter.com/Dave_Wasserman/statuses/13822399773
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:49 PM
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3. Incumbants are dropping like crazy
Even in primaries. :wow:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:57 PM
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4.  Good
we need to keep voting people out. Maybe one day we will get it right. Don't know anything about this dude, just speaking in general terms.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:01 PM
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5. "Don't know anything about this dude, just speaking in general terms. " Who
Mollohan or Olivieri? They're both tools.

The trick is to vote people in, not replace a tool with a tool.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:05 PM
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6. Mollohan
was the "dude" i was referring to. don't know anything about olivieri either.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:06 PM
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7. Apparently, Olivieri ran to the right of Mollihan (not much room over there).
Edited on Tue May-11-10 09:06 PM by jefferson_dem
He might win in November but won't be much better than a Repug. Mollihan was pro-life so no great loss.
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MadAnne Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 07:58 AM
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11. Trust me, this is a huge loss for Dems.
Oliverio is so far to the right of Mollohan. He has already stated he won't vote for Pelosi for Speaker. He is anti gay, Mollohan isn't. Oliverio ran on a tea bagger platform, against healthcare, saying it cut senior benefits. etc. Both are anti choice, true, but the similarities end there.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 11:12 PM
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8. Olivieri is an anti-choice conservative who ran in opposition to healthcare reform.
Edited on Tue May-11-10 11:12 PM by Drunken Irishman
Even more conservative than the guy he beat.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 11:14 PM
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10. Not a good year to be an incumbent, Dem or Repub.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 11:13 PM
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9. Circling the wagons around incumbants this year would be the height of political folly
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 08:02 AM
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12. In this case, though, it is a more conservative Democrat who won
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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 08:02 AM
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13. Congress is going to lurch STRONGLY to the right in November.
Gonna get ugly--hopefully we can keep Pelosi as Speaker.
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totodeinhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 08:18 AM
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14. I would rephrase that to say I hope we can keep a Democrat as speaker.
Edited on Wed May-12-10 08:41 AM by totodeinhere
But as far as Pelosi goes, I can think of several other Democrats who would IMO make a better speaker.
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