Some Jujitsu

2:32 pm EST August 4th, 2009 | Politics | 8 Comments

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.

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8 Responses to “Some Jujitsu”

  1. Duros62 says:
    August 4, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    It’s a trap!

  2. bryan says:
    August 4, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Perhaps a sensible currying of votes may catch on in the GOP? Not sure.

  3. bryan says:
    August 4, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    Maybe that should be ‘a currying of sensible votes’?

  4. Gabriel McKee says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    You mean candidates try and hold the base and reach out to moderates and independents? Thanks for that info Oliver.

  5. Gabriel McKee says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    I’m definately rooting for Sestak in the Democratic primary. Specter is a clown.

  6. daniel rotter says:
    August 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    “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).

  7. Gabriel McKee says:
    August 4, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    Ah yes, that fiscal conservatism is very extreme.

  8. daniel rotter says:
    August 5, 2009 at 12:26 am

    “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.