Posted on 07/09/2006 5:52:56 AM PDT by NorthEasterner
Pa. races could set table for 2008 By Salena Zito TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, July 9, 2006
Welcome to Pennsylvania, known as "The Cradle of America" because the Founders drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
Fast-forward 230 years and it is about to become another national cradle - a political one -- for the 2006 midterm elections.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
What the left actually means:
"Hey, we might actually win this race!"
Don't count on the Dems winning this one, unless of course, fast eddy and slime kkklinton have a hand in it....
Because Republicans still out number Dems in the 10th, the general election probably won't be as close.
Parts of the district are starting to increase Dem registration (particularly Monroe County) because of all the Jersey people moving in.
Sherwood won by 12 or 13 points, but that won't stop the press from calling it a ''razor thin margin.''
ping
Slam the door on illegal immigrants immediately,He would secure the 2006 and 2008 elections for the Republicans.Make it clear that he has abandoned all plans to provide Social Security and Medicaid benefits to foreign nationals (which is the height of absurdity) and
Instigate measures immediately to nullify de facto or de jure the Supreme Court's eminent domain decision
There is still time but none to waste. The Republican base could still return with wild enthusiasm and bring with it the swing voters.
Are you paying attention, White House Eavesdroppers???
i wrote that and for Sherwood that primary was suprizing and razor thin, she had zero money, zero name id
he should have done better
he will win as he did in the primary
but carney has an infusion of cash so he better stay home and play well with the natives
scandal never does a body good
ok well maybe a body
but not polls
of course unless you are bill clinton
What is this unexplained Republican fatigue? It iss hard to imagine Weldon could lose. He has been high profile patriot imho.
Now here's a nuanced approach. "Slam the door on illegal immigrants immediately," Maybe you should read the testimony of PA businesses and farmers at the hearings Spectre had, and also, maybe you should know that there is no door to slam. So simplistic demands are just ludicrous.
unfortunately Weldon is losing because that area has been tracking for the D's for over 15 years, and none of the LOCAL GOP bosses have done a thing to stop it.
None of those guys should lose, yet there they are in trouble.
and Rendell will be a big help for the D's in that area
I'm not seeing this. Whoever is running Swann's campaign doesn't seem to be getting his/her candidate out in front of issues very well, save property tax reform. Swann won the (R) nomination and should have ridden the grounswell of support he had at the time, instead he went on vacation and lost the slim lead he had.
Meanwhile Rendell started running just after the primaries in May and has stuck his name on every commercial for every state program and policy. For lots of PA residents who are grafted to the state for their daily rations, all they have to hear is "Ed Rendell is responsible for your check" and, since they pay no property or business related taxes, they swoon and pull the (D) lever with glee.
fast eddy is the hero today for passing that funeral proposal. I am not sure if it will make a difference in his numbers, but I think some people will show appreciation by voting for him in November. I shudder to think that Governor Rendell could win.
I'm with you. Couldn't stand Fast Eddie when he was Mayor here; can't bear the thought of another 4 years.
F'cryin' out loud, you sound like my wife. She just gave me a lecture on how opinionated and dogmatic I am. When I think of polygamy all I can think of is more women telling me what's wrong with me.
We were just discussing one of these GOP "bosses" on another thread.
No mention of DIANA IREY vs murtha
yeah i know no Murtha, there is a reason, but there will be!!!!!!!!
thanks for pinging me!
What's your take on Repub state chairman Gleason, is he working hard to get these and other Repubs elected or just giving tepid support to some?
nice guy
no mojo
will be gone by january at the latest
You're welcome! Would you like to be on the IREY/murtha ping list?
Also, in relation to your post #21, I will ping you to the thread where Gleason was being discussed. Would love to hear your take on it.
Being so close, Every Republican candidate should point to New Jersey as an example of what happens when you elect Democrats.
Vote in Democrats you get New Jersey
Most interesting read. I'm more interested in the state congressional races for the state house, since our college grad challenger, Mark Harris, deposed the Republican incumbent, tax and spender Tom Stevenson. Now I want to see Mark Harris defeat the Dem challenger. We've been getting a higher Democratic enrollment in the South Hills suburbs of Pittsburgh PA, since the Dems with their union jobs, state and government civil service jobs, can afford to move here. Everyone else is getting downsized.
Exactly. I've been complaining for years that we (eastern PA) get all these tax refugees from New Jersey (and New York) and the influx of all these people results in higher taxes. Most of the tax increase is because of increasing population with the resulting necessary new schools, more police, better sewer systems etc.
But also the new people vote democrat which in effect means they are voting for the higher taxes they escaped from in New Jersey. I was working at a craft show a couple years ago and the vendor couple next to me were bad mouthing PA and how we need to do this and that and everything else and I finally told them if you want to live in Jersey go back to Jersey. A good chunk of the Jersey people who move here look down on the locals. But if you don't put up with their crap you're a small minded backwoods bigot. After all, you must be a republican.
Then there are those with weekend homes in the Poconos and request absentee ballots be sent to their New Jersey home. When requesting they claim the PA house is their primary residence and county election officials send out the absentees.
Fast Eddie tried to disenfranchise the military vote by dragging out Nader's ballot status so long that the ballots we no longer valid and new ones "had to be printed". He then refused to approve the same voting extension he approved of for his Dem cronies in the primary. He would have gotten away with his plot had not a family filed a lawsit against him and Sean Hannity publicly held his feet to the fire the night before the court case. At the end of the day there were still many disenfranchised military votes that were impossible to be returned within deadline - through absolutely NO fault of the military.
I also heard he's having some kind of "appreciation dog and pony show" and National Guard personnel are basically being told by superiors in so many words they have to attend. Just like the Klintoons used to do.
We have a huge service population and none of them are fooled by him signing funeral legislation. It means absolutely nothing.
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