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Journalists, political pundits and other Hysteric Left activists are desperately trying to spin some cosmic significance out of Sunday's Spanish elections. The "conventional wisdom" is that the Spanish Election results are some sort of significant defeat for President Bush and the War on Terror. As usual the "News Media's" thinking is neither conventional nor wise. What all the various activists miss is the reality of American Exceptionalism. As much as the International Political Left hates, and try's to deny, the reality is the USA operates on a completely different political level then the rest of the world. On Sunday, the...

The reason for my apology was that throughout this primary season we have been hearing about the record turnout of voters participating in Democrat caucuses and primaries. I bought the lie. The truth is that, except for Iowa and New Hampshire, there has not been any sort of record turnout for the Democrats. Even in New Hampshire the vote was far less than what the Republicans had when they last had a contested primary in 2000. The Democrats this year had 219,787 votes in their primary. The GOP in 2000 had 239,523 votes. That 20,000 difference is major in a...

Vote.com has a vote on President Bush's current Ads. Please take a minute to vote here http://www.vote.com/vote/60212434/index.phtml

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/6/121052.shtml Well isn't this intresting. The "objective news media" supposed 9-11 surviors protesting Bush's ads are actually anti-war stooges financed by John Kerry's wife. Please take a moment and vist the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC etc to email the Omsbudsman, the Publisher, the News Editor and demand to know why they allowed clearly partisan advocates of Kerry's Presidential Campaign were presented on their "News" programs with no reference to their ties to the Kerry camp. We absolutely must demand the "News Media" be held accountable for their free advertising for the Kerry camp.

http://www.georgewbush.com/tvads/ Here is a link to the 1st three Bush Re-election ads. As expected the DNC directed its "Objective News Media" mouthpieces at CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC to generate phoney hysteria about these ads. Compared to the demogagery and lies spread by the Kerry Campaign, Moveon.org and the DNC about Bush for the last 6 months, this is probably the mildest sets of ads that have run so far this political season. Please email this link to every person on you email contact list. We need to get as many people as possible to see these ads. They are...

Now that John Kerry is the slam-dunk Democratic presidential nominee, all of the political speculation turns to the selection of his running mate. He needs to pick someone who is an ideological soul mate and agrees with him on most big issues. Someone with an unimpeachable record of successfully and consistently arguing the case for left-of-center policies: liberal judicial appointees, smaller tax cuts, bigger investment in social-welfare programs. Someone from a large and competitive state. Someone who will further energize the left-wing base of the Democratic party. Someone who knows how to pick fights with conservatives on key issues of...

Conservatives should write in Tom Tancredo in the primary ballot to demonstrate the depth of concern we have with the President. If enough do this, he will get the message.

http://www.petitiononline.com/04norino/ State Committee: Vote NO to a Specter Endorsement View Current Signatures - Sign the Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/04norino/ To: Pennsylvania Party and Public Officials Whereas, Arlen Specter has failed to support many of the core values held by most Republicans and has instead supported many liberal positions in line with the Democratic party's platform and whereas, Arlen Specter failed to support former President Ronald Reagan’s appointment of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court and whereas, Arlen Specter later supported controversial judge Frederica Messiah-Jackson for a lifetime appointment by President William Clinton to a federal judgeship and whereas, liberal Arlen Specter...

Ophthamologist Melissa Brown pulled farther ahead of the Republican pack when she received the endorsement of Republican Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Matthews.

Below is a list of each state and its "Political Party statistics", meaning that state's current governor, U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, and who they voted for in the 2000 election.  This is useful data in trying to predict future voting trends.   AlabamaGovernor Bob Riley (R)Senator Richard Shelby (R)Senator Jeff Sessions (R)5 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush AlaskaGovernor Frank Murkowski (R)Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)Senator Ted Stevens (R)1 Republican Congressman2000 Election: Bush ArizonaGovernor Janet Napolitano (D)Senator John McCain (R)Senator Jon Kyl (R)6 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush ArkansasGovernor Mike Huckabee (R)Senator Blanche Lincoln (D)Senator Mark Pryor (D)3 Democrat Congressmen1 Republican Congressman2000 Election:...

Specter's Broken Promise: Day 10 Liberal Senator's dishonest, negative ads thumb nose at Party, Chairman Novak Press Release Wednesday, October 15, 2003 ALLENTOWN - Liberal Senator Arlen Specter (R-Philadelphia) is proving that he is the candidate for the Republican nomination that can't be trusted. Two weeks after promising Republican State Party Chairman Alan Novak that he would cease running campaign ads until after the November 2003 election, the Specter campaign continues its barrage of dishonest and negative ads against Congressman Toomey. "This is just the negative manner in which Senator Arlen Specter operates," said campaign spokesman Joe Sterns. "For the...

<p>Dan Onorato, the Democratic nominee for Allegheny County chief executive, has picked up the endorsement of state Treasurer Barbara Hafer, a Republican and former ally of his opponent, incumbent Jim Roddey.</p> <p>Hafer, of Elizabeth Borough, touted Onorato yesterday as the candidate with "better vision."</p>

Why I'm running against Sen. Specter By PATRICK J. TOOMEY THE REPUBLICAN Party today has an extraordinary opportunity to govern America. For the first time in 70 years (but for two fleeting years in the early 1950s), Republicans control the entire elected government in Washington. What we do with this opportunity is up to us. We can advance the agenda most Republicans believe in, or we can squander the opportunity. As a lifelong liberal, Arlen Specter does not, and will not, support a conservative agenda. When I get elected to the U.S. Senate next year, I'll make sure that we...

An environmental activist stepped out of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race yesterday and pledged support for U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel, the Montgomery County Democrat who has yet to officially declare his candidacy. John Hanger, a former state public utilities commissioner who heads the Harrisburg environmental group PennFuture, endorsed Hoeffel as he announced plans to drop his exploratory campaign. Hanger called Hoeffel a candidate who could beat Sen. Arlen Specter or U.S. Rep. Patrick Toomey, who will face each other in next year's Republican primary. Frank Custer, a Hoeffel spokesman, said the congressman will declare his candidacy shortly.

<p>U.S. Rep. Joseph Hoeffel, a Montgomery County Democrat, has all but officially announced that he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate, setting the stage for a possible campaign against Republican incumbent Arlen Specter in November 2004. The three-term congressman will make his intentions known "within the next few weeks," a spokesman said.</p>

High court says it will take up Pa. redistricting The case could determine how much influence party politics should have when election maps are redrawn. By Carrie Budoff Inquirer Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday to take up a Pennsylvania congressional redistricting case that could settle the question of how much party politics can influence new election maps. The justices will decide whether to uphold Pennsylvania's congressional redistricting maps, which prompted confusion in last year's primary campaigns when Democrats succeeded in getting the courts to strike down the plan drawn up by the Republican-controlled legislature. The Supreme Court...

ELECTION 2000 (and what needs to be made up for 04) Right now, I’m assuming the dem nominee is Kerry, Graham, Dean, Edwards, or Gephardt. I expect Lieberman to lose badly in the primary since he’s too ‘conservative’. Sharpton, Mosely-Braun, and Dennis the Menace are jokes. One never won a race. One even lost in Illinois. One wrecked Cleveland. Wesley Clark is an interesting candidate, and could make things interesting. I don’t care what any poll says right now, things will tighten up by 04. It ALWAYS does. We also got to play ball like we are trailing. States Bush...

Congressman Toomey and Senator Specter are both registered Republicans, but the candidates differ drastically on the issues. Check back each week to find out another issue which they disagree. This week: Congressman Toomey has never voted for a tax increase. Senator Specter has voted for 5 major taxes increases, two of them were the largest in American history at the time.

<p>One Republican "moderate" has been conspicuously absent in the revolt against President Bush's tax cut: Pennsylvania's Sen. Arlen Specter. The reason is Pat Toomey.</p> <p>Mr. Specter, who's seeking a fifth term next year, must first face Mr. Toomey, a GOP congressmen from Allentown, Pa., in an April 2004 primary. What is more, the primary is closed, which means that only Republicans may participate. This helps not just Mr. Toomey but Senate Republicans in general, at least for the next 11 months.</p>

WASHINGTON--Like many members of the House of Representatives, Pat Toomey, a 41-year-old Pennsylvania Republican, hankers to move to the chamber on the other side of the Capitol. But he has a wee problem. Pennsylvania already has two Republican senators. Rick Santorum, 45, is a rising star--he is chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the third-highest leadership post--midway through his second term. The other Republican senator is Arlen Specter, 73, who next year will seek his fifth term. Toomey, who term-limited himself by pledging to serve only three terms and who is in his third, says, with sincere serenity, he will...