There is no other way to sum up this campaign: the conservative movement in Western PA is fragmented, dysfunctional, and failed to channel any tea party momentum they may have had into any cohesive shot at this Congressional seat.

This election was a rejection of extreme social conservatism in particular, and an acknowledgement that PA-3 in particular is a moderate district with an electorate that does not want to be represented by the right wing of the GOP.

Nah, just good salesmanship Jason on Kelly’s part batter up!

Brett,

You couldn’t be more wrong about Mike Kelly. He is a great example of the American Dream and what the tea party stands for. He will attract that voter because he is all for lowering taxes and giving America back to it’s rightful owners, us the taxpayers. Now if you want an obama storm trooper in office who will raise taxes and vote only party line, vote for that Clown Kathy. If you love America and you love the American Dream, vote Mike Kelly!!!

Yeah, Farmer_Ted, you’re right – he’s a perfect example of the Tea Party.

Rail against federal handouts while taking them yourself. It’s called hypocrisy.

Now, I’m curious – you’re going after Dahlkemper for voting party line, implying that Mike Kelly won’t be a party line vote for Republicans, which I guess means that he’s not exactly the diehard, hardcore ‘only votes’ conservative candidate he’s selling himself as.

And “stormtrooper?” So are Mike’s supporters the collection of whackadoodle Tea Party extremists that we’ve seen smearing ppl as socialists, communists, and Nazi’s? This district deserves better than appealing to that crowd.

And does he have any policies beyond “cut taxes?” I’m pretty sure Mike voted for George W. Bush twice and supported Bush’s tax cuts, which did what? Well, they didn’t make the economy any stronger in the years leading up to the economic collapse; they didn’t lead to a dearth of job creation (in fact, this year, if things stay on pace – like the 290,000 private sector jobs created last month – we’ll create more jobs in a year than Bush and his Republicans did in 8).

Those tax cuts did lead to a ballooning of the national debt and deficit as the taxpayer’s money was transferred to the richest among us, in the mistaken hope that it would “trickle down.” But there were no spending cuts to offset decreases in revenue, so those cuts resulted in an even worse deficit/debt situation for us.

Are those the kinds of tax cuts Mike supports?

What spending would he cut? It’s all well and good to rail against federal spending (even though his car dealership benefited from Cash for Clunkers, though Kelly himself it didn’t serve the national interests but his own selfish interests) but what spending is Kelly proposing we cut?

He’s said he’ll work with conservatives like Paul Ryan, who has a plan to privatize Social Security (that’s right – basically sign your Social Security check over to the Wonder Kids on Wall Street who tanked the economy with shady derivatives trading and CDO/CDS business) and gut Medicare.

I’ve heard Mike use cuts to Medicare as an attack against Dahlkemper, but he’s on record now saying he’ll work with Republicans who want to do more than end subsidies to insurance companies via Medicare; they’d gut it.

Do he and his supporters honestly think that double standard will not be exposed during this election? You don’t get to rail against cuts to Medicare while you’re agreeing to work with conservatives who would eliminate the program entirely if given the opportunity.

That’s called hypocrisy.

So where will Mike cut spending so tax cuts don’t add to our deficit/debt problems by decreasing revenues without decreasing expenditures? Or is he afraid to say because he knows that the older voters in this district would recoil in horror to learn that he’s on-board, it seems, with Republicans who want to destroy Social Security and Medicare?

He can hide behind all the football stories and analogies he likes; he can rebrand his conservatism as a Tea Party Republican. But the bottom line is that Mike supports the same reckless polices that led to the economic collapse of Fall 07 and resulted in a $1.4 trillion deficit on 1/19/09, before President Obama was ever sworn into office.

Not even 24 hours since Mike is in, and here comes the Dahlkemper camp working the web. Do you think the attack adds will start before June 1st?

Bob = works for DCCC

Too funny. The transparency of this DC crowd now trying to frame the election. How fast is Dahlkemper’s crew now trying to run away from Dahlkemper’s spending spree and about face on abortion.

If this is all they’ve got, then good luck.

I have to thank bob though. Kelly wasn’t my candidate and I wasn’t quite ready to support him yet. But after reading through that typical uninformed drivel, I can see it’s time to come together and fight the real enemy.

Klown Kathy is an obama supporter who voted for Health Care. Do you not think she won’t vote for Cap and Trade?? Mike Kelly wouldn’t have voted for either. And what did Klown Kathy receive for her vote on Health Care?? A 1.6 million dollar donation to her campaign over the last 2 years. Hmmm….Makes you wonder who she works for, the people of Western Pa or for herself???

But the bottom line is that Mike supports the same reckless polices that led to the economic collapse of Fall 07 and resulted in a $1.4 trillion deficit on 1/19/09, before President Obama was ever sworn into office. This is Bob’s quote. That Bush, not the Democrats who were running the Senate and House, made the deficiet of 1.6. But he fails to mention obama’s own program of making sure everyone had a home, weather they could afford it or not, and he fails to mention obama’s other hands on project of Freddie Mae and Fanny Mac. BTW, in less than a year and a half, we have gone from “Bush’s 1.6 trillion to “obama’s” 11.6 trillion. I wonder who outspend who?? At this rate, by the time oduma is voted out in 2012, our national debt will be 34.8 trillion. Your arguements are weak and you are an embarrasing storm trooper.