Penn. redux - Toomey on outside looking in. He needs our support.

[Desertdog]

This is one place where ths power of the people can really show.  I cannot vote for Pat Toomey, but I can, and will donate to his campaign.
This is one race that I think we should all get behind a challengeing candidate and show the GOP Elite that there is more power in the people than in their desires.  Toomey lost last time by something like 1.5%, and I see no reason he cannot win if we get behind him, votes if you can, money if you can't vote.

Toomey's web site.
http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/

Penn. redux - Toomey on outside looking in
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 4/20/2009 5:20:00 AM
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=493988


The Republican Party establishment in Washington is giving conservative Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey the cold shoulder in his bid to unseat liberal GOP incumbent Arlen Specter.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has decided it will back Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter in his re-election race against conservative GOP opponent Pat Toomey. (See earlier story)
 
Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is NRSC chairman, recently wrote a letter to Pennsylvania Republicans saying, "My job as head of the NRSC is to guide the GOP back to a majority in the Senate. I can't do that without Arlen Specter. With him as our nominee, I can target our campaign resources toward beating Democrats and growing the Senate Republican Conference."
 
Lowman Henry, chairman and CEO of the Harrisburg-based Lincoln Institute, says he respectfully recommends that Senator Cornyn "go back to Texas and worry about politics there" instead of telling Pennsylvanians who will represent them.
 
"Senator Specter has not reflected a Republican position, let alone a conservative Republican position," notes Henry. "We in Pennsylvania know that [and] we realize it's one big club down there in the U.S. Senate and they all support each other."
 
But the Senate seat from Pennsylvania, says Henry, is not a seat that belongs to that "club."
 
"It's a seat that belongs to we the people of Pennsylvania," he emphasizes, "and we will decide next May who our candidate will be."
 
Henry doubts that a third Republican candidate, conservative activist Peg Luksik, will be much of a factor in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary. In fact, he says he would not be surprised if Luksik withdrew from the race before petitions are filed in February.

[ilbob]

I am never a big fan of people outside of a state trying to affect elections inside a state.

I know it is very common, but it still bothers me.

If Republicans in PA decide to oust Spectre, so be it. But I am not going to fund it.

And quite frankly, I understand why the Republican establishment tends to side with incumbents. Its not an all bad way to approach things. It forces primary challengers to be stronger. I really do not want a win in the primary followed by a loss in the election.

[41magsnub]

I am never a big fan of people outside of a state trying to affect elections inside a state.

I know it is very common, but it still bothers me.

If Republicans in PA decide to oust Spectre, so be it. But I am not going to fund it.

And quite frankly, I understand why the Republican establishment tends to side with incumbents. Its not an all bad way to approach things. It forces primary challengers to be stronger. I really do not want a win in the primary followed by a loss in the election.

What ilBob said.  It is none of my business who another state elects to represent them.

[AZRedhawk44]

Out-of-state "astroturf" support is one of the easiest things to rip a candidate on during the Democrat/Republican campaign after primaries.

[Jamisjockey]

I am never a big fan of people outside of a state trying to affect elections inside a state.

I know it is very common, but it still bothers me.

If Republicans in PA decide to oust Spectre, so be it. But I am not going to fund it.

And quite frankly, I understand why the Republican establishment tends to side with incumbents. Its not an all bad way to approach things. It forces primary challengers to be stronger. I really do not want a win in the primary followed by a loss in the election.

No kidding.  Hell, here in VA, the mayor of NY has been attending rallies to unseat our Govenor.....any PAC monies I have will be going to that campaign and not out of state.

[Sergeant Bob]

And meanwhile, as everyone is sticking to their "principles", Sen Spectre will continue to be a flaming  Rino and voting with the other socialists on bills which most certainly do affect those of us who live nowhere near the state of Pennsylvania.
We should be careful that we are not foisted upon our own petards in our quest to be "principled".
I believe it was Newt Gingrich who said, "All politics are local".

[Gewehr98]

Just an aside, but the term is actually "hoisted by one's own petard". 

Let Pennsylvania take care of their own.

[Jamisjockey]

And meanwhile, as everyone is sticking to their "principles", Sen Spectre will continue to be a flaming  Rino and voting with the other socialists on bills which most certainly do affect those of us who live nowhere near the state of Pennsylvania.
We should be careful that we are not foisted upon our own petards in our quest to be "principled".
I believe it was Newt Gingrich who said, "All politics are local".

Easy to say when you don't have the Mayor of New York prancing around your state trying to oust your Governor.

[RevDisk]

Let Pennsylvania take care of their own.

We will.   

Minus Philly, we tend to elect decent folk.  Lot of moderates here.  Maybe it's our Quaker roots or just the glowing water south of TMI.


I agree with Mr. Henry.  Senator Specter probably needs to go.  However, it will be a cold day in hell when we put the interest of a club above that of the interest of our state.