Dems pick up Pennsylvania House seat (Murphy in, Fitzpatrick out)

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/11/dems-pick-up-pennsylvania-house-seat.html

Dems pick up Pennsylvania House seat

(CNN) -- Democrat Patrick Murphy has won the Pennsylvania 8th District
congressional seat, defeating Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick.

With all votes counted in the well-to-do suburbs in Bucks County north of
Philadelphia, Murphy leads by about 1,500 votes.

With 10 races still undecided, Democrats have secured 229 seats in the 110th Congress while Republicans have 202

[Greeby]

1. Woot

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Bushh8er]

2. Woo Hoo!!!

:bounce: :woohoo: :applause:

[blm]

3. This is one of the candidates I sent bucks to. He did a GREAT job against

an asshole who tried to smear him.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. Yes, I'm getting a new Congressman!!

Congratulations Patrick Murphy!!

:party: :woohoo: :toast: :beer:

[SAXMAR]

5. Well to do? Still very Happy!

Thanks for the "well to do" although there are very blue collar towns in Bucks County like Bristol Boro where I live.

Actually Bristol is where Murphy and Fitzpatrick live and voted.

I made calls for Murphy on behalf of MoveOn.org. I got very positive responses about him.

Bill Clinton came to our town 10/11/06 to campaign for Patrick Murphy. It worked! I also got my copy of "My Life by Bill Clinton" signed by the author.

[DoctorMyEyes]

6. Saw it for the first time yesterday

I drove about 70 miles yesterday to work with Murphy's GOTV team. I'm so glad I did! I feel great today!

But, I wanted to say that I thought it was very pretty country, with the autumn leaves and rolling hills. We visited an area with charming modest brick townhomes that looked solid blue collar to me - and a trailer park community that was far from "well to do".

Seemed like a nice community to me.