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#pasenate, Bob Casey, Conservative endorsements of Democrats, PA Politics, PA Senate, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Tea Party Anchor, Tea Party Tom Smith, Tom Smith
The most shocking part of the Trib- Review endorsement of Democrat Bob Casey are the words the editorial board used….It’s one thing for one of the leading Conservative newspapers in the Commonwealth to endorse Bob Casey, it’s quite another to say what they said about Tea Party Tom Smith:
Mr. Casey is being challenged by Republican Tom Smith. He was a Democrat committeeman as recently as 2010. Despite our policy differences with Casey, we prefer the Democrat we know to the Republican of convenience. (http://www.politicspa.com/newspaper-endorsement-open-thread/42880/)
Looks too me as one of the leading Conservative newspapers in Pennsylvania would rather have a Democratic controlled Senate then another Astroturfed Tea Party Senator. Could 2012 be the last stand of the Tea Party brand domineering the Republican Party?
Shame on the Trib for endorsing casey. They are helping to destroy us. I would rather have a converted democrat than casey. Casey is part of the problem, not the solution.
Extreme ideological anchor is what’s destroying the Republican Party…this my way or the highway nonsense works in the school yard, but responsible adults learn to come together. Tom Smith was a horrible candidate. He is a self involved millionaire who attached himself to a form of conservatism that was unsuccessful in Red States…Look at what happened to the ones who actually believed what Tom Smith espouses in Indiana and Missouri. The Trib didn’t trust a Conservative of convenience, and I’m happy this ideologues helped keep the Senate Blue.