[fieldmarshaldj]

It’s crap like this that controls urban Republican parties why the GOP is uncompetitive, and it is deliberate.

[Think free or die]

"It’s crap like this that controls urban Republican parties why the GOP is uncompetitive, and it is deliberate."

It's not just the cities. We're in the Phila suburbs, and I find the same pattern of invisible GOP campaigns at work here. I've tried since 2004 to get more involved at my township level and found it tough going. Committee people don't return phone calls and things work (or don't) through a very closed network. At election time, the GOP candidates are all but invisible, or are lukewarm semi-dems. Candidates for local offices, such as Township Commissioner or School Board, are often cross-filed, obscuring party affiliation. At the county level, there seems to be more openness to actually getting something done - at least recently.

[Kenny Bunk]

Philly is just a dry version of NOLA. Short of Czar Obama re-settling 2/3 of the present population in Barrow, Alaska, there really isn't a fix.

Where the heck is Ben Franklin when he is needed?

[Kenny Bunk]

Philly is just a dry version of NOLA. Short of Czar Obama re-settling 2/3 of the present population in Barrow, Alaska, there really isn't a fix.

Where the heck is Ben Franklin when he is needed?