The nutroots pretty much had it all their own way, including playing a significant role in electing their own president.  Then the moonbats, once again raising the question of who dresses them in the morning, gave birth to the "teabaggers", and poured gas on that fire at every opportunity, still... until this is one of the many results.  Six months ago, this would have just simply never happened.  The nutroots would have had their little clam-bake unopposed, all by themselves.  Thank you moonbats! *chortle*

gus.

 

 

S.C.'s Wilson Rakes In $750,000 in Less Than 48 Hours; Opponent Tops $1 Million

Updated 7:50 p.m.
By Paul Kane
With a political arms race in full force, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has raised almost $750,000 in less than 48 hours since his shout of "You lie!" to President Obama during the Wednesday address to Congress, almost matching the Internet-fueled haul of his likely Democratic opponent.

A senior GOP official said Wilson, who apologized to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel after the health-care speech but has since refused a more public apology, has turned his own previous sleepy campaign machine into an Web-friendly effort. Just as liberals have poured cash into the campaign of Rob Miller, who lost to Wilson by almost eight percentage points in 2008, conservatives are pouring contributions into Wilson's campaign at an astonishing rate.

Miller, a former Iraq war veteran, has raised more than $1 million for his 2010 rematch with Wilson, according to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Republicans expect Wilson to also top more than $1 million by Monday because of the immense publicity he's received in the last 48 hours. In the relatively inexpensive South Carolina district, which takes in the southern portion of the state, the two opponents will likely have their two-year budgets filled in less than a week, strategists say.

To put this fund-raising haul in perspective, Wilson, by early next week, could equal the total amount of money he raised in the entire two-year-election cycle of 2008, when he raised a little more than $1.1 million.

Miller, by contrast, raised just $390,000 in donations for the entire 2008 cycle and lent himself another $235,000 of his own money, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission. So he's already doubled, in just two days, his total donations over a two-year period.

The controversy will definitely go on through the weekend, as Wilson -- a quiet backbench lawmaker who's never been in the national spotlight -- is scheduled to appear on the Sunday morning news show "Fox News Sunday." If he continues to refuse to make a public apology on the House floor, Democrats plan to offer a resolution admonishing his comments to Obama.

After liberal Internet activists turned Miller into a cause celebre in their effort to extract revenge on Wilson, conservatives joined the fray. Wilson, who hired GOP web strategist David All, now has ads running on conservative-leaning web sites such as the Drudge Report.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/09/scs_wilson_rakes_in_750000_in.html

 

 

Miller broke a million this AM

Poll: Joe Wilson trailing Democratic rival

A newly-released poll shows Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C) has seriously endangered his re-election prospects by shouting out "you lie!" during President Obama?s speech to Congress this week.

The poll, commissioned by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, shows that Wilson trails his Democratic opponent Rob Miller, 44 to 43 percent. A sizable 62 percent majority of voters said they disapproved of Wilson's actions, with only 29 percent approving.

The electorate was closely split on whether President Obama was telling the truth when he said his health care plan would not cover illegal immigrants - 46 percent said he was telling the truth, while 42 percent said they thought the president was lying.

"In a matter of seconds Joe Wilson turned himself from a safe incumbent into one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the country for 2010," PPP pollster Dean Debnam wrote.

It's a bit premature to be writing Wilson's political obituary yet. The congressman won the district with 54 percent of the vote last year, a number depressed by the record level of African-American turnout in a presidential election. And it would be useful to see additional polling in the district before drawing any firm conclusions.

But one thing's for sure, Miller has raised close to $800,000 since Wilson?s outburst and he?ll have plenty of cash to spend against him during crunch time. That fact alone makes it likely the race will be competitive, and guarantees we?ll be hearing more about Joe Wilson in the months to come.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0909/Poll_Joe_Wilson_trailing_Democratic_rival.html

Poll: Joe Wilson Trails Dem Opponent Rob Miller In Wake of "You Lie!" Outburst

more here....

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/poll-joe-wilson-trails-dem-opponent-rob-miller-in-wake-of-you-lie-outburst.php

Source: Wilson breaks $1 million

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Wilson_campaign_Fundraising

_breaks_1_million_passes_Miller.html

 

gus.

 

 

Oh my god the country is divided, make sense that locally we are divided. The man screwed up, but speaking as a democrat he had that right whether I approve or not , doesn't matter he's not representing me. His district will make that decision,

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The entire link has to be copied, then pasted, to get to Gus' article.

I changed the full link to a tinyurl in anticipation that you might return to view the article reporting on the $1M+ contribution mark for Wilson's campaign:

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The entire link has to be copied, then pasted, to get to Gus' article.

I changed the full link to a tinyurl in anticipation that you might return to view the article reporting on the $1M+ contribution mark for Wilson's campaign:

http://tinyurl.com/ogeu8r

  Thanks Inka.  I hate it when a long URL causes the margins to spread on a whole thread.  So when it happens, I cut the URL.  It's the only thing I'm puter-able enough to do.

gus.

 

 

The entire link has to be copied, then pasted, to get to Gus' article.

I changed the full link to a tinyurl in anticipation that you might return to view the article reporting on the $1M+ contribution mark for Wilson's campaign:

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Yep, Inka, I did return, thanks for the more reliable URL.

Jim..

I doubt he is going to be in danger given the demographics of his district.

Just like it looks like Vitter in La is going to be able to withstand his family values issue. The state also is strongly conservative and since he at least did it with a prostitute the electorate is likely to forgive him unless a strong opponent tests him in the primary and that isn't a likely outcome.

Joe Wilson passes $2 million mark

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/21/joe-wilson-passes-2-million-mark/