In Pennsylvania, Republicans have a bit of dilemma, at least the ones who are a little to the right of Barack Obama.
In 2010, there will be a Senate race and Arlen Specter will be running for his, geez, a fifth term? He is certainly someone to be admired for not only his political skills but his courageous fights against cancer.
But, well, he ain't no conservative and I believe every time he has run for re-election he has had to face a challenge from the right. U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey only lost to him 51-49 in the primary in 2004.
There is talk of Toomey coming back for another run and others gearing up as well to take a crack at the ultimate RINO but I have a message for all of them - lay off!
Yeah, I'd like a little more conservative votes from him too but in the current state of the GOP to use resources to knock off an incumbebt Republican senator just seems - well - stupid.
In the current climate, all that will mean is having a Democrat take the seat. They do have 1.2 million more registered voters in the state. Do I want Specter or a Democrat, that should be an easy one.
If we are going to recover as a party (and I don't think things are as dire as some whiners), we can't keep eating our own. If Republicans went after the Democrats with as much enthusiasm as the Rhode Island conservatives went after Lincoln Chafee, McCain might be president.
There is an open governor's seat and plenty of leftist Democrats to go after. Let's concentrate on them, huh.
Even Tweedledum and dummer (Reid and Pelosi) learned after failure after failure to elect people who thought like them in the heartland that it was better to have a conservative Democrat then a Republican, hence the rise of the Blue Dog Democrat.
I'm not saying you have to now love Arlen Specter and work a phone bank for him, just don't be a cannibal. Find someone who can beat a Democrat in the fall.
p.s. Long-winded, aren't I on this subject (smile)