Russell Brigade (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
A final campaign rally for Republican 12th District candidate William Russell has been scheduled for this weekend. Russell Campaign Manager Peg Luksik announced the final rally will be held Sunday November 2, 2008, at the DAYS INN in New Stanton, PA at 2:00PM. “This is an opportunity for all of our campaign staff, poll workers, [...]
PAXALLES (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Laura Ingraham hosted William Russell, candidate for Pa.'s 12th Congressional District, on his push to end the nightmarish reign of Rep. John Murtha. Russell said he is even with Murtha in the latest polls. He said that he is getting...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
The National Republican Congressional Committee smells blood they have finally decided to help William Russell defeat John Murtha. They produced a new ad (see video above) and will spend $84,000 airing it during the last five days before election day. Even though the GOP is out of money for congressional efforts, they scraped up for this one. After all the incumbent holds only a 4 point...
Politik Ditto (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
FOXNews.com : Rep. John Murtha, who recently called constituents in his western Pennsylvania town "racist" because Barack Obama may not win big there, is 4 points ahead of his Republican challenger, retired Army Lt. Col. William Russell, within the Susquehanna Poll's 4.9-point margin of error. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ordered the poll of 400 likely voters on Tuesday as discussion...
Murtha Must Go!! (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Check out the Russell interview here . Also, Mark Hemingway does a bang-up job reporting about the Russell campaign here .
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
New poll shows Russell over Murtha, 48-35 Thank you Michelle Malkin for the poll information. “The most important variable here is that a decisive majority say it’s time for a new person,” said Jim Lee, president of Susquehanna Polling...
American Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), who notoriously accused now-acquitted U.S. Marines in Haditha of cold-blooded murder, is now seeing his grip on his seat in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District slipping. Murtha leads Lt. Col. William Russell (ret) by just four points — within the margin of error. This is the closest he’s come to losing his [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Federal Election Commission reports show."They turned on the Democratic machine," said William Russell, Murtha's Republican opponent, who raised $31,200 during the same period and ultimately lost the race by 16 points.Democrats expanded their House majority with help from a flood of last-minute campaign cash — including from groups that have a great deal at stake in Congress — according...
Murtha Must Go!! (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Cause Lt. Col. William Russell isn't taking defeat sitting down : HARRISBURG -- Just eight days after Election Day, Bill Russell says he's ready for round two against U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D- Johnstown ). The Republican congressional candidate, who received a late avalanche of attention of attention in his race against the 34-year incumbent before ultimately falling by 16 points,...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
John Murtha is running scared; new internal poll shows virtual dead heat Great news coming from conservative firebrand Michelle Malkin. Lt. Colonel William Russell, U.S. Army (Ret.) has caught John Murtha (Pa. D) in the polls after a long, long shot campaign that began while Bill Russell was still on active duty in Iraq and [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
PHILADELPHIA Rep. John Murtha, who scrambled to jump-start his campaign after saying his constituents were racist, held off a surprisingly stiff challenge Tuesday. With 77 percent of precincts reporting, Murtha had 52 percent of the vote, while Republican William Russell had 48 percent.
The Saloon dot net (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
From Fox News: In spite of calling his constituents "rednecks" and saying that his district was in a racist part of the state, seventeen-term Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha was re-elected with over 58 percent of the vote to beat out retired Republican Army lieutenant colonel William Russell. More>>>
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
NEW YORK (CNN) — Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha has won re-election to his District 12 seat. He beat Republican challenger William Russell. Murtha, serving his 16th term, recently fired up controversy after saying this about some of his own constituents: "There's no question western Pennsylvania is a racist area." Murtha made those comments in an interview with [...]
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Just spoke to a source close to the William Russell campaign on the ground in Pennsylvania, and here's what he had to say about the status of the Murtha/Russell race: The Russell campaign's internal polls had them tied(!) at 46 percent Saturday night. Murtha has raised a fortune in the last days of the campaign now that he's in trouble -- but it's largely for naught. All...
Slantright (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Now this is creepy. Jack (the traitor) Murtha is out of touch with his own district and deserves to loose to William Russell who Murtha calls a carpetbagger. Why a carpetbagger? Because Russell while on active duty was stationed in Virginia. After retirement Russell moved his family to Pennsylvania where he was once stationed. This has Marine hater Murtha believe that Russell...
