It’s official, Mollohan just conceded. I think that the Tea Party movement whom Mollohan had attacked crossed over and voted in the DemocRAT primary. The victor, state Senator Mike Oliverio, is a churchgoing Catholic who ran as a conservative opponent of abortion and gun control and called for repealing ObamaCare. Normally, this isn’t a winning formula in a Democrat primary.
First Bennett, now Mollohan bites the dust. Don’t be surprised if more fall, starting with The Specter in Pennsylvania next week.
If Oliverio wins in November, he should switch parties. Any Conservative credentials of his will be nullified the moment he votes for Pelosi for Speaker.
That would be well intentioned but foolish. Having an open seat has it's advantages but overall it's better to face the damaged incumbent. Like when allegedly some Missouri Republicans crossed over into the 2004 rat gubernatorial primary and defeated Governor Bob Holden who was a lock to lose in November. The winning rat Claire McCaskill nearly won. When discussing this years later I had a disagreement with some Missouri freeper.
Them: We got rid of Holden!
Me: But McCaskill nearly won. Holden was toast for November.
Them: We got rid of Holden!!
Me: That was foolish, helping the stronger general election rat win.
Them: Shut up!
Oliverio may be conservative for a rat but AFAIC he's pond scum so long as he's in the party of Obama, Byrd, and Pelosi whom I assume he'd vote for as Speaker. If the man wanted to switch he could have done so months ago and ran as a Republican. I'm not greatly optimistic he would if he wins in November.
So those Tea Parties better turn out in the general and beat him.
If the primary turnout was about even as freeper Kabar has stated then maybe Tea Partiers did not cross over. You'd figure on more people voting in the rat primary in that district.