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Etheridge can't overcome Ellmers' lead in recount
WRAL TV ^ | 10/19/10 | WRAL.com

Posted on 11/19/2010 10:53:49 AM PST by BelegStrongbow

Republican Renee Ellmers has unseated veteran Congressman Bob Etheridge, according to unofficial results of a recount in the tight race.

Etheridge, a seven-term Democrat, picked up six votes on Ellmers after voting results from 10 counties were tabulated a second time, but it was nowhere near enough to overcome her 1,489-vote lead following the Nov. 2 election.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; eldridge; ellmers; goppickups; nc; nc2010; recount; whoareyou
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To: AAABEST

Oh, that drunk punk.


41 posted on 11/19/2010 11:55:03 AM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: mojitojoe
Who in the hell votes for people like him, Barney Frank, Rangel, etc.

The people in the crannies of NC-2 for whom the district was massively gerrymandered. FOlks in Garner and Fayetteville in particular (pull out a map: those towns are about 70 miles apart and not even at the farther ends of this district).

42 posted on 11/19/2010 11:55:46 AM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: BelegStrongbow

Finally we’re winning some of these close ones.


43 posted on 11/19/2010 11:56:46 AM PST by MissesBush (BACK TO YOUR CAVE ALAN GRAYSON!)
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To: FreedomProtector

I can see Dems holding any kind of NC-1 so long as it starts in the northeast corner of the state. They can hold NC-13 in the far west (Shuler is building a dynasty and doing it quite intelligently). Other than that, there’s no reason R’s shouldn’t, as you suggest, sweep the resto of the NC districts if they were decently configured. This is not a Democrat state, necessarily, nor a Republican one. It is decidedly a conservative state with a heavy Democrat heritage. The two used to go together but now play against each other. People are doing their best to struggle through their cognitive dissonance to do the right thing.


44 posted on 11/19/2010 11:59:38 AM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: AAABEST
omg

don't know why I hadn't seen this before today, but I watched the youtube video just now.

HOW DARE HE is all I can say !!

And he wasn't brought up on assault charges ?? Well, as much as I dislike all the suing going on in this country, I hope those 2 guys take etheridge to the cleaners.

45 posted on 11/19/2010 12:02:11 PM PST by coder2
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To: techno

I loved her Alaska show he other night and her snarky mama grizzley comments.


46 posted on 11/19/2010 12:28:38 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: BelegStrongbow

I am waiting for him to demand a hand recount


47 posted on 11/19/2010 12:29:04 PM PST by NCBraveheart ("oderint dum metuant"........Let them hate, as long as they fear.)
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To: BelegStrongbow

Good news! This guy, Etheridge, is a real scumbag!


48 posted on 11/19/2010 12:32:20 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: BelegStrongbow

This is great news, but Ellmers needs to make herself VERY visible to her constituents for the next two years.

Remember, Etheridge lost in 94 only to get elected again in 96.

She needs to do something to court those voters who went with Etheridge.


49 posted on 11/19/2010 12:38:53 PM PST by careyb
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To: BelegStrongbow

That’s an impressive win. A gerrymandered seat based out of Wake County.


50 posted on 11/19/2010 12:44:47 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Michigan's Supreme Court - Once again, it is best in the country.)
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To: careyb

Helping to co-sponsor the repeals and enactments the Dems cannot allow to pass would be a good start. It will be tough to actually deliver much in the way of particular benefits, however.

What she really needs is for the state reps and sens to sensibly redraw the district lines so they don’t include parts of 10 counties from Vance to Cumberland and Wilson to Chatham.


51 posted on 11/19/2010 12:48:37 PM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: Darren McCarty

See post #28. Wake County is actually only a small part of the district.


52 posted on 11/19/2010 12:49:50 PM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: BelegStrongbow

I am sure she is!! :D


53 posted on 11/19/2010 1:04:54 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day

BWAHAHAHA!!!


54 posted on 11/19/2010 1:08:03 PM PST by mykdsmom
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To: Lazlo in PA

Looks like a damn good time to headbutt that dickhead.Drop him like a bad habit.


55 posted on 11/19/2010 1:20:00 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: mykdsmom

That was so much fun I almost called his Washington office too. Maybe later. ;)


56 posted on 11/19/2010 1:27:29 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: BelegStrongbow
^5 Renee...

Etheridge deserved to go... He forgot he's suppose to kiss the baby not hit it...

among other things like voting yes on obambicare, cap n tax, etc.

57 posted on 11/19/2010 1:56:41 PM PST by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
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To: xtinct

Being drunk, arrogant and a screwdriver in Nanzi’s toolbox is no way to go thru life, ‘Who are you’ Bob. :D


58 posted on 11/19/2010 1:59:13 PM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: FreedomProtector

You should contribute to the redistricting chat. It’s interesting to see the extent that the GOP can (or will) redistrict North Carolina. I’m hoping that at least a few slugs will leave and be replaced by Americans.


59 posted on 11/19/2010 2:01:08 PM PST by MSF BU (YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
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To: MSF BU

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2630039/posts?page=36#36


60 posted on 11/19/2010 2:09:33 PM PST by FreedomProtector
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