PORK AS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE: It’s surfacing in the Diana Irey vs. John Murtha campaign, where Irey says: “Perhaps Mr. Murtha is scared to debate me because he knows I will hold him accountable before the voters for his long history of ethically questionable behavior in trading hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarked federal appropriations for millions of dollars in campaign contributions — behavior so flagrant that even a liberal congressional watchdog group listed him just a few weeks ago as one of the 25 most corrupt Members of Congress.”

She’s hit this issue before.