PA-16/PPP (internal): Rep. Joe Pitts (R) up by 9
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« on: June 03, 2010, 02:49:56 AM »

PPP internal for the Lois Herr campaign:

Pitts (R): 46%
Herr (D): 37%

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/257428
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2010, 03:10:08 AM »

     Being down by 9% in your own released internal is pretty bad. Chalk it up to a desperate plea for money from the DCCC.
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2010, 03:21:25 AM »

Herr lost to Pitts by 29 in 2004 and by 18 in 2006. In 2008 it was Pitts+17 or so.

Yeah, she`ll probably lose ...
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2010, 08:34:41 PM »

Herr lost to Pitts by 29 in 2004 and by 18 in 2006. In 2008 it was Pitts+17 or so.

Yeah, she`ll probably lose ...

This is Herr's 4th straight run against Pitts?
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2010, 08:53:55 PM »

Herr lost to Pitts by 29 in 2004 and by 18 in 2006. In 2008 it was Pitts+17 or so.

Yeah, she`ll probably lose ...

This is Herr's 4th straight run against Pitts?

     Which is rather sad, really. I think Mike Sodrel also ran four times against Baron Hill, but at least he had one win to show for it.
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2010, 08:54:38 PM »

This district is slowly getting more Democratic as the Philly suburbs continue to leak into the district, but it will be a while before Democrats actually win here.  
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2010, 09:04:29 PM »

This district is slowly getting more Democratic as the Philly suburbs continue to leak into the district, but it will be a while before Democrats actually win here.  

Yes, PA-16 had the highest Obama swing in PA in 2008. Of course, the main reason this is being watched is the Stupak-Pitts amendment.
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2010, 09:16:35 PM »

Herr lost to Pitts by 29 in 2004 and by 18 in 2006. In 2008 it was Pitts+17 or so.

Yeah, she`ll probably lose ...

This is Herr's 4th straight run against Pitts?

     Which is rather sad, really. I think Mike Sodrel also ran four times against Baron Hill, but at least he had one win to show for it.

She was not the Democrats' candidate in 2008, FWIW.
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« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2010, 12:58:44 AM »

Herr lost to Pitts by 29 in 2004 and by 18 in 2006. In 2008 it was Pitts+17 or so.

Yeah, she`ll probably lose ...

This is Herr's 4th straight run against Pitts?

     Which is rather sad, really. I think Mike Sodrel also ran four times against Baron Hill, but at least he had one win to show for it.

The man running against my congressman (Norm Dicks) is on his fourth run as well. The man before him ran against Dicks three times. So in seven cycles Dicks has faced two opponents.
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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2010, 10:25:09 AM »

There is a logic to running again and again.  When the seat does open up, you'll get a certain amount of people who'll still vote for you in the primary because they've seen you on the ballot before.  Usually not enough to win, but whatever.
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« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2010, 11:26:51 PM »
« Edited: June 04, 2010, 11:28:56 PM by ICE HOCKEY »

This district COULD get tweaked in the Dems favor in the future plus the fact that it has moved rapidly Democratic since the 1990s.  Obama almost took it and in fact it went for him even more than Altmire or Carney's districts.  PA 6 and 16 were 2 districts I feel the Dems fell asleep on in 2008.  The DCCC should have contested these, but this year they should only go on offense in the 6th.

That said, Joe Pitts is WAAAAAAY too conservative for this district.  Right now, it should be in the hands of a Gerlach/Jim Greenwood type Republican, not a near Michelle Bachmann.  If 2012 swings back in the Dems favor and the district lines don't get f-ed up too much, they should contest this seat.
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