[FreeReign]

If the party stayed out of primaries, allowed primaries to occur, then maybe I could agree with you. But in PA, the party doesn't allow real primaries to occur. They quashed the Specter-Toomey primary

How was the Specter-Toomey primary quashed?

I thought both candidates were on the primary ballot.

BTW in '86 didn't Reagan endorse Specter in the primary?

[sinkspur]

BTW in '86 didn't Reagan endorse Specter in the primary?

Presidents (Democrat and Republican) always endorse incumbents. It's considered bad form to do otherwise.

[Conservative Goddess]

How was the primary quashed? Typically, the President does not interfere in primaries....but he did in that instance. It cost Toomey the race. GWB's involvement was extraordinary, very much out of the norm.

[Conservative Goddess]

There was just a post on the PA board about it.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=86