As I said in Blago and the Senate Diary, updated a few times, Mike Ditka should step up again.

As for:

we have got to get over that sitting it out problem handing Democrats victories we could win!

Who was worse…the Nazis who over ran France or the Vichy government who enabled them…we have a bunch of suicide bombers in our party sabotaging every effort we make to distinguish ourselves from the Democrats and we’re told we need to just knuckle under and support them when after they’ve torpedoed us…I’VE HAD ENOUGH!!!

You may ask why I bring this up…well I bring this up because Toomey is a Reaganite…and the people of PA responded well to Reagan and this can be transformed into support for Toomey.

Anyhow read the article I linked and tell me what you think.

I do think this economy is going to get much worse, and Obama’s response will only prolong the recession/depression. Obama’s numbers will come down substantially by 2010, and be a drag on his Party.

My fear is that the economy may get so bad that voters are so scared that they vote Democrat because they want to be “taken care of, as illogical as that sounds.

The main point is that the combination of the economic circumstance and history should make the difference between Ridge and Toomey quite insignificant in 2006.

I consider Ridge to be a conservative on most big picture issues, certainly better than Specter, and a good fit for the kind of Republican that can win statewide in what I consider to be a reliably blue state. He’s sort of Giuliani-type Republican. Pennsylvania has not gone “Red” at the Presidential level in over 20 years. I think Republicans that do really well at the ballot box in states or districts that traditionally don’t vote Republican shouldn’t be so quickly dismissed. Our agenda can’t get passed if we don’t win, and in a state that usually votes Democrat, I think you go with who can win.

I think Toomey’s best shot is if Specter gets denied the nomination and there’s a bloody Democrat primary battle. I think conservatives need to start planning now for a “operation chaos 2.0″ for the Dem primary.

After seeing how bad Santorum did, losing by nearly 20 percentage points, I’m amazed so many here are excited about Toomey’s chances to win. Do you really think Toomey is that much better of a politician than Santorum? Are the demographics and attitudes of Pennsylvanians going to change by 20 percentage points in our favor?

I hope it works out, and Toomey wins, but I consider Toomey to be of the same mold as Santorum, and that type of Republican tends not to do well at the ballot box in blue states, even if they’re “right” on the issues.

It’s why the Democrats were so interested in having Franco Harris run against Specter before the switch…

We also both agree – The National level entities need to BUTT OUT of the who is in the Primary! They MUST step-up for the General Election to help, of course. Trouble is, of course and as we know, they (except Steele and RNC, I really think they will want to go after disreSpecter) won’t want to bother if it isn’t their first choice…. While none of us like the 2nd, 4th, or 12th Choice (think McCain lol) – we have got to get over that sitting it out problem handing Democrats victories we could win!

And I will NOT support an all out RINO in any location, no matter how Blue the State – they have to be a Red-Dog. (RS:Red-Dog v RINO)

Take care,

The irrelevant coulda, shoulda, woulda, just so peeps know where I’m coming from. If he had just got in on an Election cycle last year and been up in ’14, I think it would be OK. He has been, as best I remember, loyal to the Party to the point where I do not mind he being rewarded (HSA was an obvious Party reward, could/would he deserve another?) for his Red-Dog loyalty. Again, we must have more Conservative candidates for ’10 and ’12 (with the potential exceptions of within the Bluest of Blue States, again Red-Dog over RINO’s though, of course.

When is it up (Senate site doesn’t say when he was first elected)?
How would they match up?

While disreSpecter has ZERO of my respect as a RINO, I do have some respect for Ridge and think he is more a Red-Dog than just a RINO. (What is the difference – Red-Dog vs. RINO, actually, IMO, an important distinction)