[Clintonfatigued]

This is surprising news. I hope DeSantis wins.

[mrmargaritaville]

the socialist rag the Pittsburgh Post Gazzette endorsed him-saw that and glad I was sitting down at the time. Pittsburgh better get it’s $hit together and get it together real soon.

[Ramcat]

Call it youth, inexperience or simply lack of judgment, Mayor Ravenstahl began treating the city to a series of well-publicized disappointments, embarrassments and outrages, and he was slow to accept responsibility for some of his actions.

Call it solid Democrat qualifications. Luke will win.
Shame.

[penowa]

"As evidence that responsible Democrats are considering abandoning Ravenstahl's leadership of the city, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette endorsed Republican Mark DeSantis. This is the first Republican the Gazette has endorsed since 1969."

The P-G does NOT and NEVER has represented "responsible" Democrats unless that is code word for Commies. There is something SERIOUSLY WRONG with DeSantis if the P-G endorses him. I can guarantee you Ravenstahl is nothing but a puppet of some Democrat hack and couldn't find his arse with both hands in a dark closet. (Remember when you were 26?) But DeSantis must be a wholly owned subsidiary of the P-G and other Marxists or they would treat him exactly as they do every other Republican running for anything.

[TheEaglehasLanded]

Being a Pittsburgh Steeler fan hopefully some Steeler players will help him in his campaign. This is the first time since Chuck Noll began coaching that the paper has endorsed a Republican.

Pittsburgh during that time has went from a city of 500,000 and a strong industrial base to a city of 325,000 and industry has left but looks nicer.

Good luck but being a Heinz protege isn’t what it was years ago especially with his widowed wife backing leftist causes.

[jmaroneps37]

When I see it I will believe it. Like almost every other big city the rat rules.

[I_Like_Spam]

As far as governing the city, I don’t think Mr. DeSantis will be able to really accomplish that much with the Democrat cronies firmly entrenched in Council and all of the civil service positions.

However, it would be a definite plus politically for the 2008 election cycle in Pennsylvania for DeSantis to win, both psychologically and momentum wise, as well as to stem Democrat party antics in the 08 elections in the city.