In the Thursday Trib/Dem "Reader's Forum" state chairman Gleason made the following statement among others.
Irey will represent us well in Congress. She supports our president and country in a time of need. She will work closely with Bush and Sens. Arlen Spector and Rick Santorum to bring government contracts to local businesses.
I'm sure Ms. Irey will be working with others to bring this message to the district.
Tom Daschle and Tom Foley went down over their cry that "I am da man!". Foley was House Speaker Tin Tim was Senate Minority leader. It was done by forrays into their areas by important folks who assured voters that the challenger will have more sway with us than the incumbent. We need Hastart and Dubya in there (not Spechter or Santorum).
(I'd still like to see a certain resident of Ligonier, a town in the 12th district, approached for help [soto voce: Richard Mellon Scaife. http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:SuQAJDgsn1cJ:archives.cjr.org/year/81/4/scaife.asp+ligonier+pennsylvania+scaife&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2]).
Irey will represent us well in Congress. She supports our president and country in a time of need. She will work closely with Bush and Sens. Arlen Spector and Rick Santorum to bring government contracts to local businesses.
I wish they did not say this. People in Pennsylvania are not thrilled with Santorum right now and I don't want them to vote against her as a vote against him.