Welch said: “He (Sestak) was selling exactly what a frustrated voter wanted to hear, and I made the MISTAKE of BELIEVING him,”

To be as naive as a Neville Chamberlain, is a weakness we conservatives cannot afford to take when choosing a candidate. We simply can’t afford to lose in 2010. If we lose 2010, it is all over for us as a Great Nation.

Beware of some of the posts of liberals here disguised as Conservatives trying to
“McCain-bait-us”.

None of the Dems switching parties are viable candidates. If they can sell out their own party, the Dems they will also sell out the Republicans. Their liberal and in some cases Marxist ideology never leaves them. It is like attempting to change one’s DNA.

Just remember Mao’s image on Obama’s Christmas tree ornament (as reported by FOX). It will reinforce your commitment and belief in God and Country.

Curt Schroder knows all about governing. He’s been a leading state legislator for a few terms. He’s got a conservative track record dealing with budgetary issues, health care and insurance reform, and open space. To start. And while being unmistakeably conservative has plenty of support from moderates. I can point you to quite a few self-described “pinkos” that like him just fine. He has a track record as a sincere, independent-minded conservative.

Welch, on the other hand, does not. And given his weird voting and registration behavior I don’t know why you think he is better able to cope with what it means to govern. I like Welch OK. I just think he probably should have taken a little longer to show people he really is conservative before up and deciding he wanted to go to Congress. It’s almost like he was bored or something. Or Sestak did something to really piss him off, and next thing he knew he found himself getting led around by the party leaders.

And really, what halfway politically savvy individual was buying what Sestak was selling back in 2006? “I was duped” is not exactly a ringing endorsement of Welch’s ability to maneuver in our political system.

As far as the notion of bloggers “policing” for “ideologically pure” candidates, I don’t think it’s too much to ask that Republican candidates be required to uphold conservative values. Otherwise we may as well elect Democrats. Hopefully Pennsylvania voters can evaluate information on the various blogs to assess Mr. Welch’s fitness for office, and ideally they will come to a better conclusion than Mr. Welch did when he assessed Mr. Sestak’s qualifications for office.

Steve donated to Sestak and ActBlue. Steve was a Democrat this time last year. Steve does not live in the district he presumes to represent. Steve’s largest financial contribution has been to the insider organization he claims drove him out of the Republican party in the first place.

All these things may be incidental, individually. I happen to think they matter in the aggregate, but your mileage may vary.

But all these things are TRUE.

And why did he show no signs of supporting any Republican candidates at all prior to deciding to run for Congress? Was there not a single one he could support?

The fact is, his voting and donation history do not indicate a person all that interested in public policy at all, at least prior to deciding he wanted to be a GOP Congressman. Luckily he remembered to change his registration again!

Also, at that point his next donation was a very large one to the PAC run by the State Party’s chairman. Nothing wrong with that, but if he claims to be sick of the people that run the GOP, why would you then cut a $2000 check not to a particular candidate, or even to your hometown’s committee, but to the very people you claim drove you out of the party in the fist place?

The narrative just doesn’t make any sense, and Republican primary voters can be excused if they fear buyer’s remorse.

Again, his newfound interest in public policy is welcome. The GOP is lucky to have him and his checkbook involved. But the least he could have done is made both his expertise and donations available to mainstream conservatives he did like for a little while before presuming to represent them in D.C.