Honora, I appreciate the reply but perhaps I was a bit unclear. It seems to me that the majority of voters want to vote for a true conservative so why not give that to them? All the polls show that the voters are looking for someone who is going to be willing to crack down on illegal immigration. They are looking for someone to stand up against racial preferences and affirmative action. They are looking to vote for someone who won’t spend our money like a drunken sailor. The majority of voters are against giving more money to the government just so they can waste it. The majority of voters do not support the Democrats leftist/UN/Pacifist/French worldview. In that sense I meant why should we be moving to the middle on those issues? We know what the voters want and we know what is the right thing to do. So why not do it?

Zetterson on October 24, 2006 at 4:06 PM

Well it seems to me :”true conservative” means different things to different people. Easiest example is that to many evangelical conservatives, the idea of less government inference in our lives is not acceptible–they want the government regulating abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools etc. Many traditional conservatives reject this as they are libertarian–keep the government out of people’s lives, period. Another is that many conservatives are very hawkish (hate to use such a perogative term but you know what I mean); many others question the wisdom of the Iraqi policy.

I think it’s naive to look at the whole spectrum of ideas and thing that on each there is one, and only one, “true conservative” POV. You many be able to find people who hold all the same opinions on the key issues, IMO these people will not constitute a majority or anything like it.

budorob, in regards to the questions as to why the voter registration is going up but businesses are leaving PA, I live in the Lehigh Valley which is one of the fastest growing areas in the state. Lots of people are moving there and working in NY.

…yo, thirteen…been there, done that…all over until the next parade of empty suits.

Same here now, my vote’s in the system. Wish I could go vote in PA too in order to help Santorum … I can’t believe he’s losing to such a moron.

The Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed Bob Casey despite exchanges like this one. Interviewer: Let me ask you to shift gears to the anti- terrorism initiatives. Last night in the debate, I think you said that you’d support warrant-less wiretapping. How do…

The Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed Bob Casey despite exchanges like this one. Interviewer: Let me ask you to shift gears to the anti- terrorism initiatives. Last night in the debate, I think you said that you’d support warrant-less wiretapping. How d…

Which is why I’m excercising the early voting option and heading over to the courthouse at lunchtime to cast my GOP ballot today.

…yo, thirteen…been there, done that…all over until the next parade of empty suits.

It’s queer that today, I’d bet that a LOT of folks, even folks here, are voting more against than for anything or anyone. Some raised that point vis a vis Santorum. Myself, I was voting against the Party of Treason….

If Republicans want to sit this election out because they feel betrayed then why don’t we just not betray them?

Why do we need to compromise?

Because you want to keep control of the Congress?

The politics in this race centered around Santorum’s misuse of PA’s cyber home school program, and the fact that he owns a house (though he pays property taxes) in PA – but doesn’t live there (uh, he works in DC). You should hear some of the vitriol on the forums of the Philadelphia Inquirer! You’d think the locals are putting together a posse.

Philadelphia is traditionally a blue city, and I can imagine how frustrating that is to people in other parts of the state b/c the city decides elections. Still a mystery to me b/c people and businesses have been fleeing the city for years, yet the number of registered voters continues to climb…

The ISSUES didn’t become part of the local dialogue until after the first debate on Meet the Press. Since then, Casey has been pulling a Houdini in public, and playing the matador in interviews.

No straight answers! Ole!

Because Desperate Housewives, Lost, Nanny-911, and Jerry Springer are on tonight!

Trying to get my co-workers to write their opinion on an issue to their representative would be like trying to get them NOT to stand in front of the time clock 5 mins before quitting time. Sad but true. All who blog care. Think of all those who don’t.

“Growing a set” afresh after being “Rep. and Senate castrotti” for so long, takes time. If the voters can’t appreciate this, we must call it to their attention. Losing after so much preparitory lifting has been done just isn’t right. Redouble your efforts, the time is now.

You don’t have to be thrilled with the GOP at the moment to realize that the Democrats just don’t deserve to hold power during wartime.

Which is why I’m excercising the early voting option and heading over to the courthouse at lunchtime to cast my GOP ballot today.

honora on October 24, 2006 at 11:00 AM

And Virginia is so bad because……?????

This election is not about Casey. It’s about Santorum.

I’ve talked to many Democrats; they’re not voting for Casey, but rather against Santorum; and by extension against Bush. This whole race has turned into a referendum against the Iraqi war. Casey has no business getting elected; unfortunately if he *does* get elected, he comes across as so shady and sneaky that I fear he’ll be next to impossible to get rid of.

I am so sick and tired of hearing people on the right say they are not going to vote, or they are going to vote for a Democrat to teach the republicans a lesson…

Ditto. If Republicans refuse to vote because their candidates are not conservative enough, the lesson that the politicians and the media will take home from it is that those candidates lost because they were too conservative. This will guarantee that the next round of candidates will be even more liberal. The stakes are way too high to play games like that.

I agree Casey is a real lightweight. But as long as he can fog a mirror, he’s in. It could be worse. We could live in Virginia…..

I didn’t? Oh. Do you know who my Dad is? He’s Bob Casey too! Just like me. Vote for Bob Casey. He’s Bob Casey!

You don’t have to be thrilled with the GOP at the moment to realize that the Democrats just don’t deserve to hold power during wartime.

How refreshing to hear that! I am so sick and tired of hearing people on the right say they are not going to vote, or they are going to vote for a Democrat to teach the republicans a lesson…(banging head on desk)…all that person is doing is creating a bigger problem that will need to be dealt with..If that person took the time to look at what it is that we have tried to get accomplished within the past 6 years alone, it is actually a good record…military, security, immigration, education, taxes and economy. Rather than not vote, how about they join in the fight and write and call and blog to voice their concerns to our elected officials…I have seen a tremendous plus to blogging..every 2 years the stakes get higher and I have seen some positive results because of blogs like this one…