Oops, I didn’t mean DeWeese surviving reelection (although an interesting article nonetheless), I actually meant did the RINO Speaker get reelected ? I presume the PA rodents must’ve either held or gained a few seats in the House (the GOP majority seems secure in the Senate). Will they reelect the RINO, though ?
“Kill Bill”, heh. I had forgotten that line. Poor Buck, he really got f**ked, but not in a good way...
Oh, and BTW, ALL 50 TN House Republicans signed a pledge that they will vote for GOP leader Mumpower for Speaker. Some DINOs may cross over, too. Interesting to note that unlike in a lot of other Southern states, to my knowledge there’s been no party switchers in the House over the past 25 years... all except for one Black Knoxville Democrat in the ‘80s who switched to the GOP and actually managed to win reelection in a Black plurality or majority district (but lost when he tried the election after that). I would expect now with a GOP majority that there may be some switches from people that Naifeh had kept in line via threats that would be more comfortable with us, ideologically-speaking.
Oh, well yes Speaker O'Brein did win reelection because he had the rat nomination as well as the GOP! Didn't know you could do that in PA.
The rats gained a paltry 2 seats for a 104-99 edge.
http://www.ncsl.org/
Rat Whip Keith McCall wants to be Speaker and has Majority Leader DeWeeese's (who is going to move down to a lesser leadership position) blessing. It's will be interesting to see if Republicans vote for O'Brien or a real Republican.
The PA Senate does seem secure baring a bad remap. I don't think it's been below 29 R out of 50 in some time. Interesting PA is one of those states where the state rep districts don't evenly fit into the senate districts. And with the loss of the Delaware house and NY Senate it's the only GOP legislative body in the 'northeast'. I wonder why the upper houses in PA, MI, OH, and IN have endured, the later 2 by large margins while lower house and congressional strength in those states have taken a hit. Heck in my state we really ought to have a 30-29 Senate Majority.
Winning the house and Governorship is a must for the PA GOP in 2010.
Kill Bill”, heh. I had forgotten that line. Poor Buck, he really got f**ked, but not in a good way...
I'd rather have the serious head trauma than be the guy got his tongue bit off. :o