Rep. Capito Won't Challenge Senator Byrd

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005100328/

this is a link to the first story

persuade JANINE TURNER to run, offering a dry-eyed alternative to nation's problems.

CLINT BLACK, with his silly hat, already looks the part of a cartoon moonshiner, although that might not really go over in West Virginia.

And then there is always PATRICIA HEATON, who, after spending years in America's most boring sitcom, might find her constituents and their problems funny in a way Ray Romero never was.

The possibilities are limitless. As shown by the potential candidates already mentioned, it's obvious the Republicans have a corner on the artistic community.

and Byrd will coast to another win

What are the chances the RNC could throw someone else at him? Any ideas as to who that might be?

they won't bother to throw another lamb into the race. i wonder who it'll be?

whalerider

Remember him?

I don't see why not.

"resident? I thought you meant PRESIDENT!"

whalerider

West Virginia GOP Rep. Shelley Moore Capito announced Monday she will not challenge U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd in 2006.
The 2nd District congresswoman said she will seek a fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

"If circumstances were to change and the environment were to change, then people might say they want to see me in a different role,'' Capito said.

"But I took a lot of time with this decision. My best future right now is to ask voters to send me back to my seat in Congress. I feel I've been very effective there, and there's more to be done.''

Byrd announced last week he would seek a record ninth term in the Senate. The 87-year-old Democrat said he was "ready to go another round.'' Capito, the 51-year-old daughter of former congressman and three-term GOP governor Arch A. Moore Jr., was viewed as the Republicans' best hope of unseating Byrd next year.

http://wvgazette.com/section/Breaking/000000093

... a Democrat with the Constitution in his coat pocket.

Rep. Capito won't challenge Byrd in W.Va.



Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., right, gives Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., a hug
at an event celebrating the survival of West Virginia National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing
from being closed by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission at the base in
Charleston, W.Va., Aug. 27, 2005. Wes Holden of Sen. Jay Rockefeller's office looks
on from center. The GOP lost its top prospect for challenging Byrd on Monday, Oct. 3,
2005, after Capito, West Virginia's lone Republican congresswoman, ruled out running
against him in 2006. Capito told fellow Republicans she would instead seek a fourth
two-year term in Congress. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, file)

October 4, 2005

CHARLESTON, W.Va. --West Virginia GOP Rep. Shelley Moore Capito said she will not challenge U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd in 2006.

The 2nd District congresswoman said Monday she will seek a fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

"If circumstances were to change and the environment were to change, then people might say they want to see me in a different role," Capito said. "But I took a lot of time with this decision. My best future right now is to ask voters to send me back to my seat in Congress."
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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/us_senate/articles/2005/10/04/rep_capito_wont_challenge_byrd_in_wva/

for the sake of the naition there needs to be a democratic sweep in 06-08

I don't know why the GOP thought they could defeat Byrd. People in WV like him and won't vote him out.

senatorial elections because Byrd would have it in a landslide. Her only hope for a senate seat is to sit tight and wait it out. Unfortunately, the dems have few strong choices to run against *her* congressional seat and we need to out her for the corruption and anti-consumer, anti-labor corporatist she is. We can do much better than this in WV.

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2005100324

With U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s announcement Monday that she won’t run for the U.S. Senate, the Republican Party will have to scramble to seriously challenge incumbent Sen. Robert C. Byrd, according to a national political analyst.

“The Republicans do not have another good option in West Virginia,” said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.

“It would have been difficult enough for Capito to defeat Sen. Byrd. It will be enormously problematic for any other Republican to do so, assuming Sen. Byrd’s health will remain strong. He can look forward to another six-year term in the Senate,” Sabato said.

:rofl:

isn't it wonderful

:rofl:

with the Party of Corruption.

Since it's two days old, I can't get it into LBN otherwise, and it's ALSO GOOD NEWS! Thank you for your indulgence.

Hoeven won't challenge Conrad
October 2, 2005 GOV1002
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Republican Gov. John Hoeven, who was considered the GOP's strongest candidate to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad, said Friday that he won't enter the 2006 Senate race.

The two-term governor said he and his wife decided against a Senate bid to give the GOP time to recruit another candidate.

"We're very focused on serving as governor and First Lady, and we think the state is making real progress," Hoeven said.

Conrad, who has held the seat since 1986, had said he was not worried about a challenge from Hoeven. But last month he began a television campaign ad touting his work on energy and his role in helping the Grand Forks Air Force Base survive a round of military base closings.
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5646201.html



Yay, Senator Conrad!
:woohoo: :woohoo:

house candidates in all but the reddest states. Not to mention DeLay and Fristy. This could get to be fun.