[.cnI redruM]

Please PA, do your nation a favor. Rid us of RINO Arlen SPECTRE.

[thegreatbeast]

Please retire the architect of the Single Bullet Theory and the defense attorney of murderer Ira "Earth Day" Einhorn.

[ArGee]

We will if we can.

But remember, PA went for Gore. Philly and Pittsburgh kill conservative ambitions here. Shalom.

[capydick]

The club's 527, which has spent at least $500,000 on anti-Specter TV ads, raised $4 million in the last two years, Keating said. The donor list is dominated by financial firms and leaders of conservative causes.

Oh the irony. Did the guy who cites foreign legal jargon in United States courts vote for CFR? I'll bet he did. May he reap what he has sown.

[Paleo Conservative]

Yes and this undermines the whole premise of the Senate which is equal representation of all states regardless of population. With so much money for these races coming from out of state, do senators who get elected represent their constituents' interests or their donors'.

The 16th amendment radically changed the relative power of the federal government versus the state governments. Prior to the 16th amendment, the state legislatures appointed senators. This meant that senators had lots of incentives to prevent passage of legislation that would take power from the state government and give more power to the federal government.

Direct election of senators means senators are more concerned with pleasing the marginal voter within each state to get reelected every six years rather than maintaining good relations with the state legislature back home. Another thing that should be mentioned is that marginal voters can be located anywhere within a state. When legislatures elected senators it was important to pay attention to different constituencies throughout a state, because gain a large number of votes in a highly concentrated geographical area would not help elect a senator. A senate candidate would have to win votes from state legislators representing at least 50% + 1 of the districts in each house of the state legislature. With direct election of senators, a senator can safely ignore vast areas of his or her own state and pile up huge majorities in large urban areas. This is why states with very large urban areas elect much more leftists senators.

[dis.kevin]

I have never given money to a political candidate before but I have given the Toomey campaign about $50.00. It is all I can afford but if Pat can defeat Spector it will be the best money I have ever spent, well, except for my wedding rings and marriage license.