I’ve been hoping to see some sort of poll results on this district and am delighted to see that Bill Russell has a fighting chance against Murtha who considers his constituents to be racist and red necks. His indictment of the Haditha Marines was libelous, if anyone should be booted from office it’s Murtha.

Murtha’s hold on House seat slips

Democratic Rep. John Murtha leads retired Army Lt. Col. William Russell by a little more than 4 percentage points, within the Susquehanna Poll’s 4.9-point margin of error. The poll of 400 likely voters was conducted for the Tribune-Review on Tuesday, amid uproar over Murtha’s statement that some of his constituents are racist.

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About 54 percent of voters among those polled say it’s time for someone else to represent them in Congress. About 35 percent say Murtha deserves to be re-elected.

“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 and Research. He attributed some of the unhappiness with Murtha to the congressman’s recent comments.

It’s tough to know how big a factor that is, though, because little attention had been paid to the race, Lee said. Political analysts didn’t expect Murtha to be vulnerable

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From Michelle Malkin – Breaking: New poll shows Russell over Murtha, 48-35