[HighWheeler]

Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker (2L) helps carry out the last of the trapped miners at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2002. Nine Pennsylvania coal miners who were trapped for three days in a flooded mine traveled one-by-one to safety on Sunday in a cramped yellow rescue cage hauled up through a 26-inch (66-cm) wide rescue shaft. REUTERS/POOL-Steve Helber

[Aim small miss small]

Kudos to the Governor. As a California resident all I can say is , wow that's what a real governor acts like? Also hats off to Police Chief Carona in Orange county who helped find Samantha's killer.

[HumanaeVitae]

Too bad Rendell will probably win the next election.

[Chairman Fred]

And what are Schweiker's positions on thing like taxes, schooling, the judiciary, abortion, etc. (I don't know them, myself.) I assume he's the son of Russ Schweiker, who was Ronald Reagan's intended running mate in 1976.

With this kind of publicity there certainly will be calls for him to advance into national politics (unless he's actually conservative, at which point the press will run away from him). I'd like to know just what we might have in store for the future.

IN the meantime God bless the miners, their families and their rescuers. Also kudos to the Governor, who did not try to hog the limelight the way that a certain Governor of California would have.

[daler]

I didn't know he was a Republican (until now).

I had ASSUMED he was, however, since he seemed to present himself quite well, and none of the articles or TV clips I watched made any reference to his political affiliation.

They only seem to do that when a Republican is indicted or under investigation, and then it's included in the first sentence of the story.

[Smile-n-Win]

Pennsylvania Governor Schweiker Shows Republicans How to be a Leader

About time.

(Actually, Reagan showed'em how to lead all right, but they seem to need to be reminded of it!)

[Symix]

I just wonder - sooner or later there will be a proposal
to make a statue of the coraugeous nine - but with a PC slant of course -
Now the group will include:
a Black;
a Hispanic;
an Asian American;
a couple females of course;
a cripple;
four hidden homosexuals;
three Muslims;
eight members of the Democratic Party.

Would there be room for married White Christian Republicans? Your guess is as good as mine.

[thepitts]

I thought Governor Mark Schweiker set an excellent example for all politicians, and told him so.

http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/organization.html

[Victoria Delsoul]

It's quite a showcase today for people overcoming their terrible fears, and grabbing victory as they faced down their own death.

That's so true. Thanks for posting this article, HW.

Bump.

[jimkress]

Republican Leader = oxyomoron

[Spyder]

I saw people on another website last night whining that he was only active at the mine for political reasons, that he was so transparent, etc., etc. The posters ate their words pretty quickly when someone set them straight that he wasn't even running for governor, hence his motives had nothing to do with getting his face out in front of the cameras.

[USMA '71]

I live in PA and this was nothing more than typical political grandstanding. Schweiker knows nothing about mining - he was simply in front of the cameras for face time. Why wasn't the president of the mining company allowed to take the lead? His ass would have been the one receiving all the blame if the miners had died - why shouldn't he have been the guy dealing with the media all along???

Besides, Schweiker is as Socialist! He stands no more for conservative Republican ideas than Bill Clinton did. I can't wait for him to go. At least I expect Rendell to be a leftist - and I'm sure he won't let me down.