{"id":5319,"date":"2010-05-14T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2010-05-14T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:45:27","slug":"update-on-pennsylvania-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/5319\/update-on-pennsylvania-special-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Pennsylvania Special Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The May special election for the seat Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) vacated when he died in February is nearing its conclusion, setting itself up as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601070&amp;sid=atwa9dG.UwNc\" target=\"_blank\">potential bellwether<\/a> for the November 2010 midterm elections.\u00a0 The main issue is spending.\u00a0 Loyal readers will recall <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/43-taxes-and-economy\/590-crony-capitalism-looms-large-over-pennsylvania-special-election-to-replace-john-murtha- \" target=\"_blank\">CFIF\u2019s earlier commentary on the race<\/a>; specifically the focus on Murtha\u2019s legacy for creating jobs with pork barrel spending.<\/p>\n<p>His former aide and Democratic hopeful Mark Critz continues to promise more of the same.\u00a0 If elected, he&#8217;s promising to &#8220;keep important economic development initiatives moving forward.&#8221;\u00a0 At some point, the district&#8217;s voters must realize that jobs funded by other peoples\u2019 tax money aren\u2019t free, or unlimited.\u00a0 If Republican challenger Tim Burns can convince the people of Johnstown, PA, to vote for fiscal sanity, then Democrats nationwide are in for a world of hurt in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The May special election for the seat Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) vacated when he died in February is nearing its conclusion, setting itself up as a potential bellwether for the November 2010 midterm elections.\u00a0 The main issue is spending.\u00a0 Loyal readers will recall CFIF\u2019s earlier commentary on the race; specifically the focus on Murtha\u2019s legacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[782,27,1189,1085,1276,1191,61,1188],"class_list":["post-5319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-2010-midterm-elections","tag-jobs","tag-mark-critz","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pork-barrel","tag-special-election","tag-spending","tag-tim-burns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5319"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5324,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5319\/revisions\/5324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}