[PermaRag]

Altmire, amply aided by money from moveon.org, labor union thugs, etc., saturated the airwaves in the Pittsburgh area with his slimy commercials full of lies about Melissa Hart. Hart responded not at all that I ever saw.

She's probably not the most conservative rep out there, but she's no RINO and Altmire didn't run to the right of ANYBODY. Altmire's a socialist twerp who should be nothing but a one-termer, but there still may be enough elderly FDR-worshiping union morons around here to keep him around.

If Hart is the best we can do, so be it, but I'd prefer a far more aggressive conservative candidate.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

You may be right; I was just going by what I've heard Jim Quinn say a few times.

I heard about her intentions today from two of my lib co-workers. They read a quote of hers in the Beaver County Tims in which she was purported to have referred to Altmire as "the guy who's in there now." That put them in a snit for some reason.

[scrabblehack]

Lynn Swann has been mentioned as well — he won the district (although losing statewide) in his race for governor.