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  • Toomey Lost to the Republican Party, President and All

    04/28/2004 8:38:46 AM PDT · by Zack Nguyen · 81 replies · 320+ views
    National Review ^ | April 28, 2004 | Timothy P. Carney
    FOGELSVILLE, PA. — Pat Toomey's campaign was a model of hard work and honesty, but he ended it with a lie. In his concession speech before a tearful crowd in the Holiday Inn, Toomey began by speaking of the ideas of freedom, limited government, and traditional values. "These ideas," he said, "are at the heart of the Republican party. These ideas are what the Republican party is about." If the Republican party had these ideas at its core, Pat Toomey would be the nominee for U.S. Senate. That the GOP is at essence a conservative institution is a common misperception,...