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To: Sully- who wrote (20207)	6/7/2006 7:20:07 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

CA-50: Republican Wins, Media Yawns By Patrick Hynes on Judge Smails Award Ankle Biting Pundits So, as I predicted, Brian Bilbray won the CA-50 special election and the MSM has treated it as no big wup. It would have been quite a different story had liberal Democrat Francine Busby pulled it off, but she was probably never as close as the polls made her out to be. Please recall that it is a central thesis of this blog that the polls are not measuring public opinion appropriately and the resultant exaggerated level of expectation is causing disappointed liberals to go nuts. Exibit A in the MSM’s “nothing to see here” approach to the CA-50 race is the WaPo report, which reads thus: <<< The 50th Congressional District, which covers affluent San Diego County, leans heavily Republican, and the race to succeed Cunningham was considered a bellwether to see if corruption scandals and President George Bush’s sinking approval ratings would open the door for a Democratic resurgence. >>> Leans heavily Republican? President Bush won re-election with only 55% of the vote. Californians also rejected two sweet-sounding, but very liberal, ballot propositions: One to float a bond for new libraries and another to raise taxes for pre-school. The Bilbray win pretty much takes the issue of corruption off the table (though I think some Republicans might use it against Democrats in October). I reported on this turn of events on June 1st, if you recall. The question now turns to immigration and what role Mr. Bilbray’s position on the issue had in his victory, if any. And what role Ms. Busby’s position had in her defeat, if any. anklebitingpundits.com amspec.org washingtonpost.com today.reuters.com anklebitingpundits.com idexer.com anklebitingpundits.com

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