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Crony Capitalism Looms Large Over Pennsylvania Special Election to Replace John Murtha

By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, April 28 2010

As with any contested race, there are plenty of differences between Republican Tim Burns and Democrat Mark Critz, the two men vying to replace the late Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), in the May 18th special election. For all the boilerplate disagreements, though, one issue has the potential to define not just the candidates, but their national parties as well: job creation. Specifically, the source of job creation. To Beltway insiders, John Murtha was known as a member of the congressional version of the “college of cardinals” – a reference to his perch as a powerful…

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