Five years ago that would have been the smartest strategy for conservatives to pursue. There is no way on God's green earth that an across-the-board conservative would have then been or could be now elected Senator in PA. That's a cold hard fact of life that some FReepers just can't seem to grasp.(Ironically many of the conservatives here who can't seem to get that unfortunate reality are the same ones most loudly bemoaning the fact that we are all surrounded by liberals!) At the time, we were lucky to have a Senator who, in the misguided name of 'moderation', would occasionally feel obliged to vote with us on important legislation.
But his strategic value to conservatives has undoubtedly expired with his Porkulus vote. On something as critically important as stemming the destruction of the very America that we, our parents & grandparents were privileged to have known & forcing the next generation of Americans into indentured servitude to the statists' agenda of an omnipotent central government instead, Arlen Spector proved he is neither conservative, nor moderate, nor for that matter even liberal. He's just a corrupt,unethical & thoroughly amoral slime who was willing to sell out his country & his own grandkids' economic futures in exchange for a single suck-up dinner with the President & a few pieces of silver to take home to the folks.
Close future votes be damned, in the long run conservatives are much better off with a corrupt unethical & thoroughly amoral slime who wears a "D" after his name than one who wears an "R".
There is no way on God's green earth that an across-the-board conservative would have then been or could be now elected Senator in PA.
Funny - most non-PA Freepers consider Rick Santorum an "across-the-board conservative", and he was elected to the U.S. Senate from PA.
Twice. (1994-2000)
I assume you are not from PA, judging from your statement, as our state is not easily categorized with a traditional red-blue divide. Therefore, you may want to re-check your original premises
But his strategic value to conservatives has undoubtedly expired with his Porkulus vote...He's just a corrupt,unethical & thoroughly amoral slime who was willing to sell out his country & his own grandkids' economic futures in exchange for a single suck-up dinner with the President & a few pieces of silver to take home to the folks.
Agreed. However, he was the exact same Arlen in 2004.
Supporting him was wrong then, just as it is now.
Was Rick Santorum a moderate?