PA Primary Summary

A lot has happened in the past two months wherein I have failed to blog... it's not that I've been uninspired, more like up to my ears in fighting for the soul of our Party and our Commonwealth... but more on that another time... maybe...

For now, a few thoughts on the Pennsylvania Primary:

Picture, Fox News

1. Stop rejoicing Arlen Specter lost. Of course he lost, he was easy to beat. If he had won now, he'd have lost in the fall. He was an easy target. The smart Dem's voted for Sestak because he's the candidate with the really good chance to beat Toomey; Specter didn't have a prayer. This one will be hard to pull out, but I think (helped along by the White House job offer... which could result in impeachment, but I doubt it...) we'll have Pat Toomey edging out Joe Sestak to become our next Senator, but it will be very close.
2. Sam Rohrer got 30% of the vote in an Election that was Corbett's to lose. Corbett had the name id, familiarity with voters, and he's done a great job as Attorney General. The fact that he didn't garner 80-90% of GOP support does not bode well for the fall.
3. Strike two against Corbett is the fact that while 70% of the Party voted for him, 64% of the Party voted AGAINST his running mate, making it quite clear that the PA GOP does NOT want a self-proclaimed progressive a heart-beat away from the Governor's mansion. This also means that Corbett is virtually on his own to garner support statewide; clearly, Cawley will do nothing if not hurt the ticket in the fall.
4. And the nail in the coffin for why I think Corbett will lose in the fall: Dan Onorato. The smooth talking Allegheny County Executive has the support of an energized party. He's a pro-life, pro-gun Catholic Democrat in a pro-life, pro-gun Catholic Democrat state. Not to mention the money factor. He has a lot of it.

Here's my call: support Toomey for the fall and he will probably pull it out and become a great Senator. Support Corbett for Governor or our Commonwealth slides into a California-like state.

I supported Rep. Sam Rohrer for Governor in the primary, and I know there's been talk of a write-in campaign, but the fact is, Rohrer hasn't called for one. Going that route will split the vote and give dems control of the Governor's mansion once again. I know many will not agree with me, feeling they cannot throw their principles under the party bus on this one. That's ok. This is just my opinion, but I hope you will join me in voting for Corbett (note: I said "voting" not necessarily "supporting"). Corbett will be better than Onorato, and a Sam Rohrer write-in would be a definite Perot in this race. (And we all know what he gave us.)

...But, if you must write in Sam Rohrer, I strongly encourage you to write-in Chet Beiler as his Lieutenant Governor. I think that'd be Rep. Rohrer's wish, as well. =D

Perhaps I will write more on the Primary later, but for now, one thought on Arizona and illegal immigration.

If illegal immigration is actually illegal, why would we not fully support Arizona in enforcing our laws? And if Arizona decides to make a law which will help them carry out the law the feds have established, but are not enforcing, wherein those who are illegal are held responsible for their actions, why would we question them? Shouldn't we be praising them? Shouldn't it be more like every state following suit? How is it possible that we have drifted so far that our Nation is actually considering taking one of our States to court for enforcing our own laws?

Illegal or not illegal? That is the question. Because if illegal immigration is, well, illegal, then more power to Arizona.