Posted on 05/20/2010 9:56:03 AM PDT by Slyscribe
Barack Obama, before a sympathetic San Francisco audience in April 2008, argued that people in small towns — notably in industrial states like Ohio and Pennsylvania — were bitter and “cling to guns or religion.” But one takeaway from Tuesday’s special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District is that Rust Belt rural voters might “cling” to voting for Democrats. Republicans had high hopes that Tim Burns could win the late John Murtha’s seat. Yet Mark Critz, a former top Murtha aide, ended up winning 53%-44%.
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And the NY Times will report it as proof of how smart those hicks are.
The main thing is that they vote for the right person, not the party. The old, lifers, in Congress have to go. They have done nothing but hurt this country.
The PA-12 voters were clinging to their PORK.
This will be the most import mid-term election of our lifetime. We need to turn out in force. The winner in PA ran on conservative-prolife views. But he will voter for Pelosi when he reaches DC. We need to make sure that everyone knows a Rat vote is a vote for Pelosi and Reid and Obamacare.
The senate primary being so contentious probably bought people out on that side. I’m not saying it was the difference but it could only help the dem.
I agree! Meet the new boss same as the old boss.
Don’t buy it. We rural rust belters are not heavy democrat voters.
Maybe in areas like PA-12 where they outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 and have strong union history. But an unemployed Democrat is no better off than an unemployed Republican, and they care just as much about the kind of future their kids and grandkids are looking at. So I see PA-12 as an anomaly and the trend will be quite unpleasant for Queen Nancy come November.
the pork that binds ...
I think this single race is being overanalyzed.
BINGO!
There are countless Democrats who ran on conservative values and politics, only to vote lockstep with Pelosi and Reid.
Democrats run on conservative platforms, but they always vote with the liberals against the best interests of our nation.
Just wait until November, when Critz is exposed as a tea-sippin', Mao-quotin', bible-burnin' Marxist.
As they say, “Pork is thicker than water.”
Who will he vote for Speaker and which part gets the majority?
I live in the rust belt, Michigan, God help us. Bad enough half of Detroit homes are being demolished. Dead and dying state. Hopefully all the rats are jumping ship and moving somewhere else.
At this point, I have no idea. I do believe that Pelosi is out.....one way or another. I think the people are tired of her and really do want change. At least I hope that’s the case.
Sorta hard to compete with everything in a district named after a Democrat and half the voters are union.
I don't believe that had much to do with his winning. The larger factor is that he was connected by the hip to Murtha, so in PA-12 voters' minds, the pork will keep coming. I don't give a sh*t what people claim about too much government spending getting under the craw of voters. If those voters know the pork is coming in, they'll throw down with the candidate they think will get it for them.
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