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Rohrer backers still talking write-in

Rohrer backers still talking write-in

Two-and-a-half months after he was dispatched in the gubernatorial primary, Republican Sam Rohrer’s most ardent supporters are still working toward a write-in campaign for the state lawmaker.

The Inquirer reports that the still modestly-sized group is getting more organized, with one supporter hoping that as many as 50,000 people will write Rohrer onto their ballots. Two Web sites are up and running, PatriotsForSamRohrer and SamRohrerWriteIn. Any significant number of votes for Rohrer would almost certainly help Democrat Dan Onorato in a close race against GOP nominee Tom Corbett.

Rohrer, for his part, has yet to embrace the effort, but is hardly striking it down.

“I think what you’re seeing right now is that people don’t want to just roll over and go back to the same thing they did before,” he told the newspaper. “They don’t want to lower their standard and vote for someone they cannot agree with. … I am not going to quell someone who is stepping forward on a point of principle.”

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August 2, 2010 at 8:32 am

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  1. Rob Coursin

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    If any of Rohrer’s supporters have any intention of improving our state they will vote for Tom Corbett. A vote for Rohrer is in essence a vote for Onorato. If they want Rohrer as governor then in four or eight years get him on the ballot again. Dividing the GOP is not going to help anyone but the Democrats!

  2. Nathan Benefield

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    The idea that a third-party/write-in hurts Corbett is part of the same old logic that pundits have been wrong about for decades.

    If folks are trying to launch a Rohrer write-in, could it be because they are unhappy with Corbett, and would never vote for him regardless? Do you really think that there are voters going to the poll undecided, that would vote for Corbett, who instead will decide at the last minute to write in some else? Silly.

    Same goes with the talk of Perot costing Bush the 1992 election, or Nader costing Gore. Perot voters were unhappy with Bush, and Nader voters were unhappy with the Democrat party. They would not simply have vote for the Republican/Democrat (respectively).

  3. T. D.

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    get it! There are still signs all over Berks County. I hope they make a move. He should have a concert with POker Face.

  4. john

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    Do these people realize they’re basically voting for Onorato? I mean come on.

  5. DQM

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    I understand that there are times when a third party candidate is the only morally acceptable option, but what is it about Rohrer that draws such loyalty to an doomed unknown? He couldn’t raise enough cash to even get embarrassed by his defeat because there weren’t enough people to notice that he ran. I really am curious, what is it about him that makes him so attractive?

  6. Fairplay

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    A vote for Corbett is a vote for the same old corrupt “good ol’ boy” political system currently operating under the name “PAGOP”. Rohrer supporters, keep your heads up. Corbett may be forced to withdraw from the race sometime this month. Then the GOP would be forced to choose a replacement candidate who should be the runner-up in the primary – Sam Rohrer. Of course, that would be the bitterest pill they would ever have to swallow because Rob Gleason cannot accept any kind of failure and he would do everything he could possibly think of to perform an end-run of the traditional political process so that a selection of Sam could be avoided. Like I say, same old corrupt “good ol’ boy” political system as practiced by the PAGOP.

  7. Kyle

    Aug 2nd, 2010

    Why would corbett be forced to resign? Besides the obvious conflict of interest with the ag position.

  8. Josh B.

    Aug 3rd, 2010

    Kyle: If the Kimmett lawsuit and subsequent federal investigation blows up in Corbett’s face he may be forced to withdraw. There are some pretty serious charges involved.

    DQM: If you truly want to know, take a look at some of Rohrer’s policy statements on YouTube. You’ll get the message.

    John: The Rohrer loyalists understand that if Sam loses their vote has probably helped Onorato. But implicit in their vote for Sam is the understanding that they’re helping to send a message to Gleason, Asher, and the rest of the corrupt, self-serving Republican bosses that the voters are finished with empty suit candidates being forced down their throats. An Onorato administration may be painful in the short term but could lead to positive change for the PA GOP. The GOP’s Politburo-style politics must end.

  9. Kate

    Aug 19th, 2010

    Well stated Josh!!!!

    When the GOP endorses a candidate before the primary it doesn’t pass the smell test. Corbett is a party YES man and therefor will not be much different than Dan, their both progressives.

    Sam is for the people he wouldn’t be going along with the federal meltdown of the Constitution, he would exert States Rights. Something that hasn’t been done in a long time.

    Do you all realize we have had Progressives in the white house since 1989. I believe it has been longer than that for the state. Pay close attention to the candidates, please, our future depends on it. I for one would like to know what it’s like to have Constitutional leadership country and state.

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