Michael Steele vows to help democrats win Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2010

[LynneSin]

GO FOR IT MICHAEL GO FOR IT

:woohoo:

Does that dumbass know the only way he'll keep Pennsylvania senate seat in republican hands is to keep Arlen Specter as their candidate. Don't you think the double digit losses of candidates like Rick Santorum, Lynn Swann and John McCain prove that conservative republicans suck at winning statewide races in the Keystone state.

So please Mr. Steele - find us a raging hard-core republican candidate to run against Specter because if that idiot wins the primary then you just gave the senate seat to the democrats!

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/GOP_punishing_members_who_cross_party_0224.html

GOP punishing members who cross party lines
Rachel Oswald
Published: Tuesday February 24, 2009

Determined to enforce the party line, the GOP has taken new steps to punish those members who have crossed the aisle in recent weeks to vote in support of the federal stimulus package and to send the message to any party moderates - turncoats will not be tolerated.

In a Monday interview with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele said he was open to primary challenges to the three Republican senators who voted in favor of the federal stimulus package --Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania and the two senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Spector is up for re-election in 2010.

"My retribution is the retribution of the voters in their state. They're going to have to go through a primary in their state," Steele said, adding that the RNC would follow the lead of the state parties in choosing which Republicans to back with campaign money. "When the state party says we're going to endorse a candidate, the RNC is behind them. When the state party says we have a problem with them, so does the RNC."

[southern_dem]

1. Having the national party picks sides in a primary

is always (David Duke like cases being the exception) a bad idea. Which is why I'm glad Steele is going to do it. :-)

[bushmeister0]

2. Senator Ed Rendel. Has a nice ring to it.

Fast Eddy always hooks Philly up, so I'm all for it. You go Michael. Show 'em what you got!

[Rosco T.]

3. or Snowe and Collins officially 'cross the aisle'

and join Bernie Sanders :)

[LynneSin]

4. I have a feeling that Steele will be given the boot before these gals are up for re-election

but it's the same thing with their state. I have a feeling that if someone more right-wing runs and wins the primaries in Maine you'll give that seat to a democrat

[wryter2000]

5. Great idea

Somehow, I doubt they'll self-identify as socialists :), but they could certainly pull a Jeffords.

If I understand correctly, the two ME Senators are very popular with their constituents. I don't think Steele will get very far trying to unseat them.

[JaneQPublic]

6. Steele was pretty successful here in MD getting Dems elected

Just ask his former opponent, Sen. Ben Cardin (D).

[LynneSin]

7. And his former boss Erhlich didn't do much better

:eyes:

[madinmaryland]

8. The funny thing is that Ehrlich, Steele, and Alan Keyes are the most

well known repubs in the state of MD!!

:rofl: