Posted on 07/31/2005 8:14:50 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Secondly, not everything is about party politics. There are issues BIG enough to transcend them. Getting pro-life, conservative pro-family legislators is one of them.
And it is NOT good political sense for the party and the president to support a Liberal politician who frequently stabs them in the back, and votes with the other party more than 50% of the time.
Santorum is someone who almost always votes with the party and does their bidding. That one time he could have gone against them.
Interesting that Spector's betrayal's never seem to hurt his support from Republicans at election time. It is doubtful that had Rick stayed out of it he would have lost the support of the president now.
Why have primaries then, if incumbents are entitled to support?
later pingout.
Good point. Incumbants should only get party support if they've earned it.
Conservatives elected Frist. Conservatives can also unelect him. Time to check out his business connections, which may not stand up under scrutiny.
Specter may be dead by November, 2006.
It's early and the polls mean squat at this point. If his numbers are down, it's because he's been moving away from what brought him to the senate in the first place.
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