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But the article's point is well taken. Where is the PAC funding? Where are the prominent GOP politicians raising funds and raising her profile? (And for the record, I don't think President Bush should get involved with this one. But Cheney, Ed Gillespie, Tom Ridge, etc. would be wonderful!)
Ms. Irey's grassroots campaign is start to attract national attention. Hundreds of online donations, from 46 states last I heard yesterday, bookings on Laura Ingraham and Alan Colmes' radio shows, an upcoming appearance on FR... If she continues raising her profile and funds, the GOP will eventually have to acknowledge her success. And we can speed this up by leaning heavily on all our GOP representatives.
And to answer the likely question from folks who haven't been following this race closely -- John Kerry won PA's 12th district with a paltry 51% of the vote in 2004. Murtha's electoral success has come from his conservative leanings, which have all but disappeared over the past year or two.
Coop, don't take this the wrong way..but Irey is now auditioning for her role as a viable GOP candidate..a vetting process of sorts..she's got to show she can handle the press, the pressure, the exposure..that she can speak cogently and coherently...IOW that she can walk and chew gum at the same time...also, Murtha's campaign is probably doing oppo research on her. If she comes up clean, that is, they find nothing, then I expect that national support and $$ will come flowing in..
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Thank you for that website. Passing that info on to some interested parties.
Proofreading is our friend.
And so it begins. (grinning wryly) The "official" end of Mrs. Irey's "grace period". Welcome to the wide, wonderful world of Pennsylvania "hard ball politics". Believe me, it's "no holds barred" and there's no depths to which it may not plunge :(
"LOL! I really think Murtha and the Democrats believe this "cruising" nonsense, too."
Well of course they did (the Salon article indicates to me that someone *finally* noticed her ;) and why wouldn't they? After all, for the vast majority of his 32 years, the GOP didn't bother to run anybody at all against him.
From the Salon article:
"Whether or not he actually thought his candidate could defeat Murtha, he must at least have expected that Republicans and conservatives would give generously to Murtha's opponent. If so, he was badly mistaken."
Oh good grief, if Brabender is really so "experienced" then he oughta know the "rules of the game" by now. ;)
"Where is the PAC funding?"
Probably not coming, along with any *serious* support from the state GOP. And it's nothing "personal", just SOP around here. Starting to "get the picture" now? Since she's been in "politics" for some time now, I would like to hope that Mrs. Irey understands the way things work in PA (aka the "Mike Fisher syndrome") and is not holding her breath waiting for "the party" to help her out.
"Where are the prominent GOP politicians raising funds and raising her profile? "
I mean no offense Coop, but as far as people around here are concerned, this is a "local" race and most of those you mentioned would not "help" her. At best, the only "big names" I can think of that might help are Pat Toomey and Dick Thornburg? Big names might work in other areas, but around here, a grass-roots approach will work best.
Right now,the biggest things that Mrs. Irey has going for her are
1. Murtha's mouth- "cold blooded killers" doesn't fly well in a district heavily populated with military families(and no matter what branch of the service we're connected with we *all* feel like we've been slapped in the face)
2. exposure on the national talk show circuit - western PA is a "heavy" listening audience and this counteracts the "shutout" of the local media
3. the recent redrawing of the 12th. This is *not* the physical district that elected Murtha for 30 of his 32 years. Mrs. Irey has a proven track record on her side of the new 12th and while I'd need to see demographic data to analyse further, I have no reason to believe that Murtha is all that strong in her area.
Just telling it like it is from down on the ground folks. :)
You know, all this benefit Irey's getting from FR exposure sort of puts the lie to your tagline. FReepers are lining up to send her money, not just talking about it.
I sincerely hope she's smart enough not to invite John McCain into the district to campaign for her. She doesn't want to be seen as being on the wrong side of the immigration issue.
