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The last time Arlen went through a tough primary, it scared him straight for a while. Every RINO needs to have the threat hanging over their head that they’ll be replaced.

If there is a credible challenger out there, and the establishment gets behind him, Arlen’s career as a US Senator will be over. That fear will make him think twice before he makes deals with Obama and the Democrats. My guess is you won’t see Arlen so eager to give his support to future Obama stimilus and TARP -type bills from here on out.

I’ll take my chances with a less “electable” Republican challenger than put up with Arlen’s antics.

(Steele came up with Drill baby Drill) ; )

that is fund the opponents against the RINO’s of course (but please make sure REAL conservatives run against the RINO’s)

Arlen is in it for himself, not for the party or the voters. He does, however, line up with us on some of the big stuff. That’s to say he’d be worse than a Pat Toomey or most any other Republican, but he’s still better than any Democrat.

– emphasis mine.

then the quote above raises serious issues. Can Specter be trusted to back up Republican strategies and principals from here on out?
If not, then he needs to go and the GOP establishment needs to help him out the door.

Is Specter (and his ilk) the problem? Part of the problem? Or not important to the overall fundamental weakness being displayed by the Republican Party and brand at this moment.

When is it not enough to just show up not be the other guy?

I recall when Specter was last running the Bush admin. campaigned hard for Specter and against the challenger.Unfortunate for the much more conservative candidate who eventually lost. I don’t know all the details on the guy who lost, but how bad could he be compared to Specter?

Senator McCain apparently couldn’t stand the prosperity of his performance on the Porkulous. He and his buddy Susan Collins looked ptifully small yesterday raising there hands to get called on at the Obama revival meeting yesterday. If the GOP was smart, they’d sit out this dog and pony show tonight.

At the poker table, if you do don’t know who is getting played then it is you. I wonder who Senator McCain thought was getting played.

No. Uh uh.

Sit there with blank looks on their faces? Polite applause? Derision?

I think they should boo. I think the mood in the country right now is very hostile towards everything the Democrat party is doing.

I’m generally of the opinion that the RNC should stay out of primaries, but in this case I wholly support the idea.

I called Specter’s office after the cloture vote and told them that a further vote for the Porkulus bill would result in my time and money going to anyone running against Specter. Another R in the primary (hopefully) and if that didn’t work, his Democrat opponent in the general.
Specter needs to lose his job. Period.

He does, however, line up with us on some of the big stuff. That’s to say he’d be worse than a Pat Toomey or most any other Republican, but he’s still better than any Democrat.

We need to stop settling for “he’s better than the Democrats”…that’s what we got from McCain! Where did that get us?

Specter isn’t any better than the Democrats…in fact there are several Democrats that have higher ACU ratings than he does! Yeah he is a reliable Republican Vote for leadership in the Senate…but what purpose does that serve except to make sure that those in Senate Republican leadership are moderate to left leaning…

No more settling and so long Arlen if I have anything to say about it!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

That would be, like, ahhh, maybe, let’s see… Oh yeah. Stuff like reducing the size and scope of government. And he’s always with us on issues relating to life. And traditional marriage. And he did a great job working with President Bush getting judicial nominees out of committee and on the floor for votes. And let’s not forget the stand up job he did on the Bush tax cuts.

Yanno what — I really don’t want to hear about “institutional pressures and rules”, etc. Toss the dang rulebook out!

I want someone to grow a friggin’ pair and say ENOUGH.

If we had something remotely resembling leadership, we’d follow. We WANT a leader. I’m tired of people telling me why it won’t work (nothing personal, Erick — I’m not shooting the messenger, just the message).

News Flash: what we’ve been doing didn’t work, has never worked, isn’t working now, and won’t work in the future.

For God’s sake — for the Constitution’s sake — for the people’s sake — will someone please just try something different????

I think Gov Rendell has positioned himself to attack Specter from the right. he has said some critical things about stimulus/porkulus/C.R.A.P. If people in PA don’t like C.R.A.P. in 2010 Specter won’t win.

I would expect the Republican base to be more depressed than the economy if Specter’s the nominee.

I’d say Toomey or Santorum would have a better chance of beating the dem than Specter would – at least the base would be energized.

For 2009 the only 2 big races are in NJ and VA for Governor. Steele siad he is focusing on those 2 races first. McDonnell is unchallenged for the Republicans, and is being touted as the best Republican we have had to run in years. I think that may change some when more of the Conservative voters in VA get the fact that he is not a strong 2nd amendment advocate. He voted “for” the one gun per month law, and, he voted “for” banning certain types of weapons. That news is already starting to circulate here in VA.