He's just acknowledging "the base" has no room for..

Post #307,962 by a6l6e6x 4/28/09 9:06:41 PM Reply	He's just acknowledging "the base" has no room for.. moderate Republicans. Everyone should be happy now! The base will put up "righty" to oppose him as a Democrat. The Democrats will have an incumbent's advantage in the race. Specter will vote like he wants to. Alex
Post #307,965 by beepster 4/28/09 9:18:27 PM Reply	No...he's giving up before the primary he almost got beat last time...it was very close. He's moving to the side that gave up on the seat a long time ago and offers no primary competition. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #307,984 by Ashton 4/29/09 6:17:59 AM Reply	So then - he should have stayed on as YAN pretend-wacko? Would that be 'principled'? Suppose he JUST IS fucking fed up with pretending it's 1215, and maybe John shouldn't sign that Carta thing. Ever think of that? Win-Win could be as simple as: no longer pretending that the troglodytes in your long-ago designated club ... aren't. The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken
Post #307,988 by beepster 4/29/09 9:01:59 AM Reply	After living in the district area for 18 yrs it is fun to listen to everyone bicker about whether he was more Rep or Dem...and he's switching to better match his "liberal" voting record et al. Since elected, up until this last term, he had no competition in primaries. Last go round he barely survived. The Dems long ago gave away winning that seat...so there are no real candidates in that party to compete. Has nothing to do with the state switching..its all about him staying in by minimizing the competition. It may very well backfire, should Philly turnout for the off-term election not run at 85-95+%..which is what is needed for a D to win. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #308,023 by rcareaga 4/29/09 4:24:13 PM Reply	Re: After living in the district area for 18 yrs Quoth the horn: "It may very well backfire, should Philly turnout for the off-term election not run at 85-95+%..which is what is needed for a D to win." I defer to your 18+ years in Pennsylvania (I may have racked up eighteen days in the state since first visiting it in 1960), but does this not assume that the stench of the GOP-CJ will not have grown so rank by then that between outright defectors voting for the other side and demoralized loyalists staying home, a more modest Democratic turnout might suffice? cordially,
Post #308,024 by beepster 4/29/09 4:31:22 PM Reply	Outside of philly and burbs there aren't alot of defectors. They are pure kool-aid drinkers. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.

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