Posted on 02/06/2009 11:15:09 AM PST by Born Conservative
Arlen Specter should start sweating.
Specter undoubtedly thought he dodged a (non-magic) bullet recently when Chris Matthews decided against running for Specter's U.S. Senate seat next year. The MSNBC talking head would have been a formidable foe.
But if recent rumblings in political circles prove true, that bullet soon might be replaced by a cannonball headed directly for the five-term incumbent.
People want to persuade Steelers' legendary running back Franco Harris to make a Senate bid. You know Harris. He's the bearded guy who caught the Immaculate Reception.
Don't take my word that Democratic insiders want Harris to run. Take the word of state Democratic Committee Chairman T.J. Rooney, who recently told the Politico Web site just that.
Harris, 58, of Leet, the owner of Super Bakery/RSuper Foods in McCandless, did not return a phone message Thursday regarding his possible interest in the Senate seat.
But the idea of a Harris candidacy made sense even before the Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII Sunday, whipping Western Pennsylvania into an even greater Black-and-Gold frenzy than usual.
True, the last time a Steelers great ran for statewide office, he fumbled the ball. Hall-of-Fame wide receiver Lynn Swann was trounced when he sought to unseat Gov. Ed Rendell in 2006, winning less than 40 percent of the vote.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
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Let's not get crazy here. Swann's career was almost to short for his receiving stats to add up to a spot in the Hall of Fame. There was a lot of debate about it. He made a lot of highlight reels, but his numbers were borderline -- according to some sportswriters.
Franco, OTOH, retired as one of the leaders in career rushing yards. He had his detractors, like the great Jim Brown, who felt that Franco was 'soft' and ran out of bounds too much.
Our own former representaive (a blue dog style Democrat, since retired) got thrown off all his committee assignments for helping to blow the whistle on this s***.
America will be so fed up by 2010 that no sane person will want to run as a dim... we get hit again and it may not be safe to be a member of that party.
LLS
Get Michael Steele on the case right now.
At the forefront of the modern debate on the emasculation of football, of course, is the Jim Brown-Franco Harris show. Harris, the Steeler running back, was approaching Brown's record for career yards gained. Brown grew angry at comparisons between the two because he claims Harris was simply running out of bounds, to preserve his longevity. Most of the cast of characters in this article agree with Brown. But it wasn't just Franco Harris, whose career ended ignominiously this year.
Yep, the lad is definitely a Dimocrat.
If my son were a lib {he's not he's a Navy Captain} my daughter's share of the my will would double.
A lib is too stupid and dangerous to be entrusted with money.
The 17th Amendment made senate races little more than popularity contests.
Well, my ‘lib’ is a disenchanted former conservative who gave up on the GOP ... he’d have lots of company on this site. He’s only 24 and hopefully will come around. Better yet, the GOP will come around.
Doubt if he'd get Lynn Swann's endorsement.
OK, he'll get Terry Bradshaw's.
He wouldn’t even campaigh for Lynn Swann! and they are supposed to be best friends!
Yes! The rooney’s suck!
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