Former Redskins star quarterback Heath Shuler moved one step closer to Congress by winning the Democratic Party primaty with 76% of the vote. Shuler will now oppose republican Charles Taylor in the general election this fall. Taylor has been in Congress for 16 years but he may be ripe for the picking considering that he is the only Congressman voting against a plan to buy the land where Flight 93 crashed for $10 million in order to establish a permanent memorial. Taylor's unpopular but well-reasoned argument is that the federal government is already the largest landowner in the country and for no purpose should it acquire more land. This may not be the time to make that stand.
Anyway, Shuler will be a great Congressman for the people of North Carolina. Plus, like Mohammad in The Sopranos, him and his girlfriend/wife have a dog. He trains labrador retrievers for hunting.
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