[Drill Thrawl]

"It's official. A 30-year Democrat by the name of Tom Smith will be the Republican candidate"

I must be missing something in the amazing conservative conversion of Smith.

Quote from http://tonyphyrillas.blogspot.com/2012/04/republicans-welcomes-tom-smith-under.html

[Vigilanteman]

What you are missing is an understanding of SW Pennsylvania politics. We're very union, blue collar and Catholic. My own county has about a 2-1 edge in Democrat registration.

Armstrong County, where Tom Smith is registered, is even worse. Still, McCain-Palin won both counties, ours by 59%.

If you want to compete for local government contracts, don't want your property tax assessment jacked up, or risk having your voter registration lost, the safe thing to do is register Democrat.

Last election, we swept every row office Democrat out of office for the first time since the Eisenhower administration. As a result, I just changed to GOP registration.

Armstrong County is not quite where our county has progressed just yet.