[pnh102]

Pa. Still Likes GOP

Smerconish is dreaming. Penna. hasn't voted for a Republican president since 1988. Penna. just ousted one of the Senate's finest conservatives and 4 Republican House members. The Penna. House of Representatives is controlled by the Democrat party and the Democrat governor just won a second term.

That state is so blue that the only hopeful thing for Republicans would be for it to lose multiple house seats in the next census.

[ZULU]

Pennsylvania is really two states: Philadelphia its suburbs anb the rest of the state.

Philly and its suburbs are a liberal and Democrat and have a large number of voters. The areas outside of the major cities are mainly conservative and Republican - or so it would appear to me. A large number of New Yorkers, fleeing the liberal mess they created in their own turf, have relocated to the west side of the Delaware and the Poconos. Some of them even still live in New York City and commute to work from there.

Its very funny hwo people from the liberal urab cities create an environment they can't survive in, and then move out - only to re-create the same problems somewhere else.

In a choice between Hillery or Obama, and Giuliani or McCain, a large enough number of people in the Blue State of PA are likely to vote for McCain or Giuliani. So what? They didn't vote for Bush and he got in without them. Their problems will arise in the Red States, or even in states like PA once the Dems start exposing liberal candidates political views.

For every liberal vote Giuliani (McCain is pretty much dead in the water) picks up, the Repubs will loose at least ONE conservative vote.

[gusopol3]

hopeful that "looking for moderation" will include scrutinizing Sestak for his embrace of the extremists of CAIR.

[libertarianPA]

one of the Senate's finest conservatives

I was one of those who helped get rid of this "fine conservative" who supported a hike in minimum wage and proposed sending more taxpayer money over to Africa.

Being against abortion doesn't automatically make you a conservative. The guy who won the election against him is against abortion.

[merry10]

It's not that blue.

Those people in the state house were ousted because of the pay raise.

[Trinity5]

"That state is so blue that the only hopeful thing for Republicans would be for it to lose multiple house seats in the next census."

That's funny coming from someone from Maryland. If it wasn't for Philly and all the libs moving in from Baltimore we would be pretty darn conservative. Just compare your gunlaws to ours. And your taxes to ours. And your Republican Congressmen to ours.