Pat Toomey, the conservative Republican senate candidate in Pennsylvania, has written an op-ed saying he would vote for Sonia Sotomayor. What does this tell us? Probably that since he’s got the GOP nomination locked up Toomey is moving to look more like a moderate, and figures the few people he upsets in wingnuttia is offset by people in the middle he might woo from Specter/Sestak. It also shows us that despite all the hullabaloo last year about Pennsylvania, that its enough in the blue state world that a conservative Republican knows he’s got to know when to fold ‘em.
It’s a trap!
Perhaps a sensible currying of votes may catch on in the GOP? Not sure.
Maybe that should be ‘a currying of sensible votes’?
You mean candidates try and hold the base and reach out to moderates and independents? Thanks for that info Oliver.
I’m definately rooting for Sestak in the Democratic primary. Specter is a clown.
“You mean candidates try and hold the base and reach out to moderates and independents?”
Some candidates do, some don’t. Considering that Toomey has basically been positioning himself for several years as the northeastern equivalent of Jesse Helms, it’s fairly surprising that Toomey has decided to reach out to “moderates and independents” (well, the “moderates” part, anyway).
Ah yes, that fiscal conservatism is very extreme.
“Ah yes, that fiscal conservatism is very extreme.”
Who on this thread said that it was? You’re “responding” to claims that aren’t being made in the first place.