Operation Chaos Redux: Conservative Blogger Hatches Plan To Pad Specter's Numbers

[Joanne98]

Call it Operation Chaos, the sequel. It's the battle for the Keystone State and Rep. Joe Sestak has made up huge ground to catch up with Sen. Arlen Specter with days to go before Tuesday's primary. Some Republicans who sneered at Specter and called him a RINO when he was on their side now think he'd be the easier Democrat to beat come November.

It's a bit early to game out the general election since Republican candidate Pat Toomey is holding strong, but one conservative blogger is urging GOPers to get involved -- in the Democratic primary -- just in case. Sound familiar? Back during the battle royale between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, radio host Rush Limbaugh asked the GOP to vote for Clinton in state primaries to prolong the fight and (the idea was) to wound the eventual nominee before the general election. That didn't quite work out, and it's difficult to prove there were many Republicans who followed his advice.

"If any of those Pennsylvania Republicans who switched their affiliation to support Hillary two years ago are still listed as Democrats, this would be a very smart time to be voting for Specter, because he will be easier to beat than Sestak," said blogger Stacy McCain, who is urging people to help keep Specter in the race.

If any Republicans want to vote in the Specter-Sestak primary, they would need to have their registration still listed as Democrats because you can switch affiliation within 30 days of the primary date.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/operation-chaos-redux-conservative-blogger-hatches-plan-to-pad-specters-numbers.php?ref=fpi

[jenmito]

1. They better tell Toomey since he's supposedly aiming his ads against Sestak. If Specter wins,

Toomey may be unprepared. :)

[saltpoint]

3. Agree. Arlen flipped parties in part to avoid a loss from Toomey in

the Puke primary.

Now he's back against the wall versus Sestak in the Dem primary.

"Life's a switch, and then you die."

[KingFlorez]

2. That certainly did nothing from them last time

They never learn.

[ShadowLiberal]

4. Too late, the filing deadline to change parties in time for the primaries is long past in PA

You have to switch parties a month before the primary in order to vote in the party you changed to, same with first time voters, you have to register a month before the election/primary. So unless the GOP can take people back to April 18th, it's too late for this idea.

I know this because I'm a PA resident, and I looked it up recently for someone in my family.

[old mark]

5. The PA primary is the 18th, next Tuesday...they came up with this idea

too late to use it. Typical republican politics, though - cheat.

mark