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Thread #123258   Message #2720953
Posted By: Azizi
10-Sep-09 - 04:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: US Health Care Reform
Subject: RE: BS: US Health Care Reform
if I were a betting person, I'd bet you that Joe Wilson will be gone from Congress in 2010.

Something tells me that lots of folks will be working toward that end. According to this article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090910/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_heckling "The reaction to Wilson's outburst, nevertheless, was punishing — even without the specter of official House action.

His Web site crashed, he took a beating on Twitter as Republicans and Democrats alike condemned his behavior...

[And] ..."the uproar turned into a boon for Democrat Rob Miller, his opponent in next year's midterm elections.

In the first 24 hours after Wilson's outburst, Miller's campaign coffers swelled by $200,000, according to Jessica Santillo of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The contribution, she said, came in from 5,000 individual contributions."