Pennsylvania Republicans Looking to Push Out Their Governor

National Journal ^ | 17 July 2013 | Alex Roarty

[Lancey Howard]

Corbett isn’t perfect by any stretch, but he’s no squish RINO, either.
Personally, I would prefer not to see a bloody primary. Those should be saved for the real scum. What I want to see is Corbett actively and relentlessly defend Pennsylvania’s ban on turd poker “marriage”.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Any more most parochial school teachers are in a holding pattern, salivating for the day a slot opens up in a public school district.

Of the rest, a lot of them are there because they’re left-wing social justice Thomas Merton Catholics.

[SueRae]

He’s done okay as Far as I’m concerned. He is really ruing to get the pension reform done as his biggest priority, even though there are loud voices calling for ‘right to work’. And I give him kudos for getting the Voter I.D. law through, even though the Left is using the courts to hold it up. That one WAS/is my single biggest priority and he got the job done. Aside from that, my frustration still lies with the ancient Liquor Control Board b.s., which apparently has entrenched interest on both sides to keep it in place. The Pa. legislature needs a BIG housekeeping...it’s huge and many have held those offices for years. We need some more fresh faces there.

[LilyODavalley]

Nope. Exactly because of the Rendell kleptocracy is why, along with the GOP control of both houses, he should have been more aggressive. Pension reform, privitization of the liquor monopoly, right-to-work, and voter ID are the big ones. Now he’s letting the AG walk all over the laws of the Commonwealth with nary a peep. I voted for the guy and had much hope but I am willing to see who else may be interested.

[SueRae]

Thornburgh tried too. Entrenched interests on both sides keeping that nightmare alive.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I do have to put a lot of blame on the bi-polar voters of this state, who, after electing a Republican Governor, House and Senate, then went and elected a left-wing Democrat activist as AG to undermine everything those elected branches were doing.

There would be a lot more momentum to ditch the state stores if they still operated the old way....inconvenient hours, closed on Sunday, Soviet-style layout where you handed the clerk a note through a window to select among limited variety.

Recent moves with Sunday sales/bigger stores/better variety has blunted that sentiment somewhat.

[DPMD]

To geezers of a certain vintage, Tom Corbett was a space cadet.

[Think free or die]

"I’m curious as to why you are surrounded by lefties in a parochial system. I’d think they would be resentful for doing the same work as public school teachers for less money. Or, do they all harbor dreams that they will eventually get on that gravy train?"

Some hope to move, but most get settled and stay put. We have a lot of career changers, and for them there are advantages to being in a place that doesn't require all the effort of state certification. They're not all lefties, but like much of our society, they are typically the loudest in stating their opinions. Like many of our "Cafeteria Catholic" neighbors, I have colleagues who pick and choose among church teachings. They're conservative in many ways and yet vote D . . . I see that among many of our Jewish neighbors as well. They live their own family lives in very traditional ways, but support dependency among others when they vote.