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low preference guy
11-04-2010, 07:11 PM
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Before Tuesday's midterm elections, there were 95 House and Senate candidates who pledged support for Net neutrality, a bill that would force Internet providers to not charge users more for certain kinds of Web content.

All of them lost


Link (http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/03/technology/net_neutrality_election/)

nate895
11-04-2010, 07:15 PM
All of them? You'd think they'd have at least one in a reliable district for his party.

specsaregood
11-04-2010, 07:16 PM
All of them? You'd think they'd have at least one in a reliable district for his party.

Yes, this has the makings for a great conspiracy theory.

low preference guy
11-04-2010, 07:16 PM
All of them? You'd think they'd have at least one in a reliable district for his party.

that's what cnn says. there could be supporters who didn't lose that didn't sign the pledge. they're talking about those who signed some pledge.

nate895
11-04-2010, 07:24 PM
that's what cnn says. there could be supporters who didn't lose that didn't sign the pledge. they're talking about those who signed some pledge.

I know. I was just thinking that with 95 house and senate candidates, they have worse record than we do, and to be frank, our win-loss record is abysmal.

TastyWheat
11-04-2010, 09:13 PM
Final nail? No way. Maybe its just a bullet we won't have to dodge again for a while.