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HRRMMMPH! How dare you ask me any questions or doubt me? ;-)

How are you? I was hoping that you'd weigh in because you are always thoughtful. Besides, you're part of WHACPACSACPAC.

No, I didn't look fully into his record. I looked at his website and at a few other group ratings which means that I would never support someone like this under ordinary circumstances. But these aren't ordinary circumstances. We have a unique opportunity to forever remove one major obstacle to Republican governance if we dare act boldly and decisively in November.

As to the votes you mention, did they pass? These guys always throw things up against the wall in the hope that something will stick. It's horrible stuff usually, but it goes nowhere.

What is good about it is that it *can* (but doesn't necessarily) reveal exactly where some closet libs stand. I say *can* because some will hide their true beliefs by not voting for something in one of these throwaway votes that they would vote for if they thought that it could pass. This gives them cover to say 'Look, I voted against SB xxx.' Is that too much rambling to be understandable? Is understandable a word? LOL

Along that vein, Specter (and others as well) will vote with us when it is a safe vote -- where there are no consequences for Arlen with any liberal constituencies or when he must to get conservative support to win election. For instance, if something is passing or failing overwhelmingly, it doesn't matter if he votes for or against it, so he is forgiven for voting for a conservative issue or against a liberal one and he looks no worse than an 'independent' to the uninitiated. He wins points without giving anything up. I don't believe that he will even give us that much consideration if he makes it to this next term. Our values are not his values.

So even though I've not looked as closely as you and I do take your word for it, I believe with all of my heart that we will continue to trend to the right. Hoeffel's votes will bear less and less importance as his term slips by and more and more dems lose or decide to retire because it itsn't any fun for them any more. In essence, we will see more of what we saw after the 94 takeover with the Contract for America.

What I am advocating today could be turned on it's head before election day. I could be totally wrong on my predictions and presumptions. Unlikely, but possible. ;-)

The other thing to consider is that you can look at the alternatives NOW, think about what you want to do NOW, but not take action until the last minute. It's better than a hasty and failed effort to spread the word at the last minute if it turns out that this is the best idea since sliced bread.