Michael Barley's Blog
Michael Barley's Blog
The PA GOP Pulse
send to a friend | print | comment
The party’s over: GOP launches FireSpecter.com
What a difference a year makes.
This time last year, Democrats in both Washington and Pennsylvania were celebrating the news that Senator Arlen Specter had decided to run away from the “Republican primary electorate” and join the ranks of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and a Democratic Party that now held a super-majority in the Senate.
But if a day is a lifetime in politics, then Arlen Specter’s had more than enough time to learn a very important lesson: You can never run away from your voting record, especially when your support a big-government agenda that your constituents don’t agree with. Failed stimulus packages, bailouts, government-run health care plans, cap-and-trade… the list goes on and on.
Just one year after his switch, Specter’s hopes for reelection have plummeted as quickly as the approval for the Democrats’ big-government agenda. He’s spent the better part of a year trailing Republican candidate Pat Toomey by wide margins in nearly every poll imaginable. And he just can’t seem to shake a terrible voting record that includes support for a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package and a government-run health care plan that raises taxes and kill jobs.
That’s a shame.
Yet while Arlen Specter may be focused solely on his own self-interests, the state GOP is committed to ensuring that Pennsylvania voters have a chance to express their dissatisfaction with our Commonwealth’s junior Democratic Senator and support our efforts to return this U.S. Senate back to the people.
Just as Specter switched from Republicans to Democrat, we are committed to switching Specter from Democrat to FIRED! Visit FireSpecter.com, and see our new video below.
April 29, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Tags: Arlen Specter, Specter
Leave a Reply
pa2012.com blogs
Red in a Sea of Blue
Purple in Pennsylvania
Contact Michael Barley
E-mail: mbarley@pagop.org
Twitter: @
Bio: Michael Barley is communications and technology director for the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
Polls
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.Stay connected with pa2012.com:
advertisement
advertisement
It's about Time The R's Sad Something
Apr 29th, 2010
It’s about Time that The Republican Party spoke up about this Single Bullit Idiot . this is his second switch They should put up a commercial of Snarlin Alin Going after and being disrespectfull to women there is Plenty that could be put together Lets Get er Done and Then he will be Toast
David Diano
Apr 29th, 2010
The more the Republicans hate Specter, the more the Dems like him.
Chesco Dem
Apr 29th, 2010
“Specter’s hopes for reelection have plummeted”
Are you kidding me?
Sestak’s campaign never stood a snowball’s chance in %$%^ and Toomey is a right-wing nut case. Many more moderate and liberal people vote in a general election than in a republican primary. Most people will see Toomey for the whacko he is.
The people of this state are concerned about unemployment, jobs and the economy.
BB
Apr 30th, 2010
Please Pa2010, no more pictures of entertainers on this website. This is a political website.
bill healy
May 3rd, 2010
Oh Dave you are so right,lol,the video above says more about Arlen than 1000 attack ads by Joe Sestak ever could. Hopefully the GOP will post all those endorsement speeches he gave with R. Reagan,Bush,and Bush the dumber. I’m sure they will help the undecided Democrats to decide. How do you think this will play with them?
Duke
May 5th, 2010
Specter is a self serving blowhard, and we’re good to be soon rid of him. Sestak reminds me of Lamont in CT, just a loon. That leaves Toomey, who’s not bad. Unlike the other two, he won’t be funneling hordes of cash from the taxpayers to the taxeaters. Anything over that in a politician is just gravy.