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No Mandate Here. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-04 06:47 AM
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Can we somehow take advantage...
...of the somewhat surreal RW climate in PA? It is good to see that they aren't all lockstep with *.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/03/national/03SPEC.html>

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Representative Patrick J. Toomey, Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, has been ripping his opponent for being a "Ted Kennedy" liberal, too fond of taxes and spending, too close to activist judges and trial lawyers, too supportive of abortion rights and the United Nations.

Never mind that his opponent, Senator Arlen Specter, is a four-term Republican who has been endorsed by the nation's conservative-in-chief, President Bush. Party cleansing, not party unity, is Mr. Toomey's goal.

"The problem we've got is a handful of Republican senators who never really bought into the idea of the Republican Party in the first place," Mr. Toomey told a group of gray-suited businessmen in this conservative city. "I represent the Republican wing of the Republican Party."

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If there is a knock down brawl here, how do we capitalize on the division in their party?
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-04 07:18 AM
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1. just stand back and watch
it'll be fun!
but i will say this -- toomey and specter, even though they are both repukes, is an excellent example of the culture war that is roiling just under the surface of american life.
something that i think will get worse before it gets better.
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