You also have to look at the fact that Murtha was reelected by these same people. Uncanny and my husbands family is in both of their districts. One would never know this was the same state that hailed Tom Ridge as govenor.
The thing is, Ridge is/was very liberal on social stances. Ridge is pro-abortion. Specter is elected statewide; Murtha...I just can’t explain why Johnstown keeps sending him back...see my cosmic black hole references above.