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| Apparently Brotha West ain't taking his narrow election loss well |
According to Business Week, the conservative Republican is apparently still surprised by his loss: "Murphy won by 1,900 votes. In Martin County, the district’s
Republican stronghold, West received 4,800 fewer votes than Mitt Romney,
while Murphy outperformed Obama by 3,700 votes, a sign that a
significant number of Republicans split their ticket. It didn’t help
that in the final weeks of the race, [Republican sheriff Bob] Crowder, West’s spurned GOP rival,
endorsed Murphy. West believes he lost because voters accustomed to
pandering politicians couldn’t handle his directness. 'I just talked the
truth. I think that a lot of people maybe are not comfortable hearing
the truth.'"
UPDATE: In related news.....
Rep. Allen West spoke with National Public Radio's Michel Martin about his Congressional term and his outlook on the future.
