Free Republic

So I went down to the City-County Building in Pittsburgh this morning to protest Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer's endorsement of Rendell. I know this was not an official FREEP - but thought I would post this report anyway. Republicans are lame. Republicans in Pittsburgh are usually really lame. Despite mass emails to Young Republicans and other Republican distro lists, only about 20 pro-Fisher people showed. I know that it is tough during a business day, and that unlike most Dems, Republicans have jobs. At least they had huge signs already made up: Benedict BARBARA; and quotes from Hafer ripping on...

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Editorial: Where's her beef? / Hafer's defection is good copy but perplexing Editorial: Where's her beef? / Hafer's defection is good copy but perplexing Thursday, September 05, 2002 State Treasurer Barbara Hafer's decision to cross party lines and endorse Democrat Ed Rendell for governor provides a high for political junkies (and probably some hives for Republican nominee Mike Fisher). But it is difficult to find substance beneath the sensationalism. It seems inadequate to attribute Ms. Hafer's defection to pique at being pressured to pull out of the Republican primary in favor of the better-financed Mr. Fisher. But...