Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 9:51 AM
There is a
good piece on the congressman in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and the communities he represented will certainly miss the federal dollars he brought them.
Congressman Murtha's controversial legacy will be extended to include what will be a hugely symbolic special election to fill his seat in Pennsylvania's 12th, a heavily gerrymandered-for-Murtha district that nevertheless was carried by McCain in '08.
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza speculates the election will be held May 18, and all eyes will be on it as another referendum on Obamacare and on the president's the Pelosi-led House's huge lurch to the left.
