GOP takes full control of Pennsylvania Statehouse

philly.com ^ | 2 Nov 2010

[Vigilanteman]

It should also be pointed out that we came within a hair's breath of ousting Jason Altmeier and Mark Critz, both of whom were heavilly favored to win.

Now that we control the governorship and both houses, one of the first orders of business should also be to convert Pennsylvania's electoral vote system from winner-take-all to the Maine and Nebraska system: 2 EV's allocated to the state's winner and one to the winner of each congressional district.

Such a move will change the entire presidential calculus as it will no longer be possible to manufacture enough votes in Philadelphia to swing the whole state.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Across the country, Republicans took over 500 statehouse seats.

A tsunami indeed.

[USS Alaska]

I am so happy for you, PA!!! Hold their feet to the fire! Don’t relax! How I wish we had even gotten a red Senator, so ENJOY your victory for those of us stuck in blue (CA).

I'm in PA 56, Casorio{D}, defeated by Dunbar {R} and last Saturday Casorio was going door to door and stopped at my house.

He is the only demonRAT I usually vote for, but not his year.

I really like the guy, hell, he played Little League Baseball for me, but it was time for a change.

[USS Alaska]

Such a move will change the entire presidential calculus as it will no longer be possible to manufacture enough votes in Philadelphia to swing the whole state.

Amen brother!!!

I'm going to email my brand new state house critter, Dunbar and put this on his list.

[Vigilanteman]

I'm the neighboring district to Casorio{D), the 57th. I know a lot of people who say Casorio is the only Dem they'd ever vote for. But I'm met Dunbar and he will be an improvement. A side benefit of changing the electoral voting system in time for next election is that it would also depress the number of zombie voters to re-elect Bob Casey, Jr. who only turn out for presidential elections.

I think if we can get a candidate the quality of Pat Toomey, we can retire Jr. in 2012. One possible guy to do the job is Congressman Tim Murphy.

[Kay Ludlow]

And of course, our work is only beginning. We need to hold all these politicians’ feet to the fire and make sure they do what we sent them there to do.

What's on the list? Here's my list:

1) get out of the coalition of states that pledged to adopt everything the California Carb board does

2) Follow Arizona's lead on illegal immigration

3) Repeal State-wide building codes

4) Replace everyone in DCNR - they're a hive of communists

5) ditto for DEP

6) stop increasing the taxes on gas!

7) Prosecute voter fraud everywhere in PA

8) Go after the fraud at the big banks in PA

That's just for starters ;-)

[Think free or die]

"If I had to choose, I’d pick a Toomey win / Adcock loss than vice versa. Still, Dee losing is hard to take. I cannot stand the carpetbagger Schwartz."

I agree on both counts. I'd rather have a 6 year Toomey stint in the Senate right now than a 2 year Adcock term in the House. Re-drawing district lines is a high priority, and hopefully we can improve the congressional outlook for 2012. I hope Dee will give it another go in 2012. He made a big impact under the circumstances, and I'd love to see him in office. He's a good man who fought a hard battle with integrity.

[Think free or die]

"It should also be pointed out that we came within a hair's breath of ousting Jason Altmeier and Mark Critz, both of whom were heavilly favored to win."

It was a big day in many ways. Very gratifying after the past few years. I'd like to see some serious attention paid to the fraud machines in places like Philadelphia.

[Vigilanteman]

Philadelphia will continue to be the tail that wags the dog until we deal with it as outlined in my post #21.

[Think free or die]

There sure is a lot of work to be done, but it feels better already.

[lightman]

55% turnout in my Township yesterday, voted 70 - 30 for the GOP.

[Think free or die]

55% is really great for a mid-term election, at least around here it is. Citizens were very motivated.

[School of Rational Thought]

Perhaps the castle doctrine will actually be passed.