I don’t know the other two guys, but the in the Altmeir/Critz election Altmeir was the less liberal of the two, and it worked in his previous district which was not liberal. Critz was from Johnstown area and replaced Murtha, so he had no need to be anything but flaming liberal.
The new district will be interesting to see how the election goes, but its not the same as old Murtha district, where a communist could run and win all day every day. I don’t think the new district is going to be as receptive to Critz as his old one was. Given it was a republican legislature that formed the new district, I can almost assure you its intent was to end that guaranteed democratic win that the Murtha district had.
I know this, what I saw of Critz ads in their primary battle, I really don’t think he’s going to win..but time will tell.
For the record:
“Critz must now try to win a district that backed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) by 54 percent in the 2008 presidential election. Republican lawyer Keith Rothfus, who narrowly lost to Altmire by two points in 2010, will square off against Critz in November.”
Critz is going to be fried. HE ran bragging he supported ObamaCare... his own primary ads are all any opponent needs to run to win.. They are basically I’m the more liberal/socialist guy. Altmire may have likely held the district, even though personally I think he’s a hack, I don’t see Critz winning the general.