This man ran as PRO LIFE
ANTI OBAMACARE
PRO GUN
How is this a lesson to us. Are we to disallow conservative dems to run for political office.
The man worked for Murtha in the home district office. He was the face of Murtha for years.
This knee jerk blather is unintelligent and laughable.
A good candidate and a good message could have overcome all that. With all the "Blue Dog Democrats" who exposed themselves as total phonies on Obamacare and the stimulus and the myriad other ways they've voted in lockstep with Pelosi, it should have been a no-brainer for Burns to lump Critz in with them as just another hack who pretends to be one thing at home and goes to DC to be Pelosi's best friend. How hard would it have been to just say "When given the choice between a pretend conservative and a real one, your surest bet is to go with the real conservative." Sorry, we can't be as cavalier and dismissive of this as you want to be. We need to apply what went awry here or November is going to be an embarrassment.
The GOP would be wise to point out to the voters the current performance (i.e. Stupak & Co)of current Blue Dogs and how they easily compromise those values.
This guy did run as a very conservative candidate. The Republicans need to point out that while Dems may run as conservatives, once they get to DC they will vote as they are told to by the ultra-liberal party leadership. I do not know much about the Republican candidate, but I have to wonder if Burns was running as conservative as the Dem and if he pointed out that once the ‘rat gets to DC he will become part of Pelosi’s pack and not keep any of the conservative principles he got elected on.