First off, a great Conservative and great Republican, Scott Brown, is running for Senate in Massachusetts. I'm sure you've probably heard of him by now...
But in case you haven't or you don't know what all the hoop-la is about, I'll give you a quick overview. Scott Brown is running against a liberal Democrat, Martha Coakley, to fill former Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat.
If Brown is elected, he would be the 41st vote needed by the GOP to stop government run health care and other Dem initiatives. This makes the special election, scheduled for next Tuesday, January 19th, huge. It could forever alter the future of our country by sparing us from the biggest mistake our Congress could have made in its' history.
However, there is a long way to go. Five days can be a political eternity, and while conservative pollsters are pushing a to-close-to-call race, other polls have Brown behind by double digits.
We must help Scott Brown win in Massachusetts. If you have any friends living in MA, call them, facebook them, tweet them, text them, email them and tell them to vote for Scott Brown on Tuesday!
If you would like to donate to his campaign visit: https://www.icontribute.us/scottbrown/ or sign up to help make phone calls to his constituents by visiting his home page here: http://www.brownforussenate.com/.
Getting Brown elected is just the first step. He then has to be sworn in, and many pundits suspect Dem's will demand recounts and delay his swearing in as long as possible in an attempt to ensure their health care bill goes through...
So let's work for a victory and pray for Scott Brown's swift certification and swearing in!
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Now, let's take a look at Pennsylvania and an upcoming vote very close to my heart. The Republican Party in Pennsylvania officially began their caucusing last Saturday when the Central Caucus met in Harrisburg for their straw poll. Our Attorney General, Tom Corbett, won handily for the nomination for Governor, as did Pat Toomey for US Senate (both results likely to continue across the state).
The interesting voting this year comes as we look at the Lt. Governor's race. Of the eight candidates voted on last Saturday, two are particularly viable: Chet Beiler and Jim Cawley.
Jim Cawley is a good guy, but moderate Republican from Bucks County. He's a city slicker lawyer and in all likelihood will automatically get the 89 votes of the Southeast Caucus simply due to his geographics.
Chet Beiler is a conservative Republican businessman from Lancaster County. After winning Central Caucus' straw poll vote on Saturday, he could be called Cawley's only real competition.
I, for one, hope we go with the latter. Why can't we rally behind the conservative from Lancaster County? Why do we let the Southeast tell us what to do? Why wouldn't Central Caucus rally around our viable home boy?
Of course, I may be a bit biased. ;-) That does not make it any less true, however. It's time we stop letting the city-slickers (who NO LONGER produce the votes we need) push us around. Central, Northeast, and Western PA produce the conservative, GOP vote and it's time we stand up and fight for ourselves... and we can start by supporting Chet.
Tom Corbett is a great leader. Having a Corbett clone (Cawley) on his ticket will not in any way help him win. Chet brings geographic and vocational balance to a Corbett campaign... not to mention Chet is the ONLY Lt. Governor candidate who can and will campaign full time on Corbett's behalf.
January 30th is when western PA Republicans caucus, followed by the northeasters on February 6th. February 13th is the State Committee meeting... hopefully we make the right choice, and I believe the only choice to make is Chet.
Now shifting gears to other relevant political news: just when you thought FoxNews couldn't get any better, Gov. Sarah Palin signed on as a contributor... while Sen. Harry Reid remains engulfed in controversy over his racist remarks...
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