ok - who snuck in there...

[ourbluenation]

To: maxwellsmart_agent

He didn’t turn his back on those that voted for him. Some Democrats and Independents did. The GOP is a small minority party in PA in comparison to the sum of Independents and Democrats. He represents them, too.

Toomey has cost the GOP a seat. That’s a vote for who is Majority Leader and therefore who determines the agenda.

He will be humiliated and destroyed in next year’s election, just as another right wing extremist, Rick Santorum, was.

60 posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:20:00 AM by Owen
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239601/posts?q=1&;page=51

:rofl:

[Political Tiger]

1. Freepers aren't taking this news well.

I love it! lol

[madrchsod]

5. so he was a democrat in disguise......

i guess that went right by me

[ourbluenation]

2. you have to read this freeper thread...faascinating. here's a few snippets.

To: Pistolshot

And there is the problem. We may not have liked or trusted Spector, but he gave the Republicans a very small margin of error. Franken will be seated and there you go.

Moreover, there are now no Republicans from the border of NH to VA. We cannot go on like this unless there we can pick up strength in some other places. And that is not going to happen anytime soon.

There are no blue states turning purple and there are no purple states turning red. But there are a number of red states turning purple and a number of purple states turning blue.

61 posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:23:06 AM by mcvey (Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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To: All

Unintended consequences rears its ugly head.

Everyone has been ecstatic over Toomey’s numbers against Specter, but Specter just pulled a fast one.

It’s quite possible the democrats will let him run uncontested, in which case he would be the incumbent democrat in the seat, and Toomey would have a hard time defeating him.

So then we end up with Specter still in the Senate, but even worse, providing the vote which will make filibusters impossible for the GOP.

THIS should explain to everyone why President Bush went ahead and backed him.

64 posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:23:59 AM by Miss Marple
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Exactly. I don’t know why people are so happy about this. With him changing sides, the Dems get their 60 votes. At least with him being a declared Republican, it was possible to pressure him to tow the line (e.g., card check). It’s over, people. Everything that Obama wants will now be fast tracked.

65 posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:24:27 AM by piperpilot
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To: Jim Noble
Since the opposition only has about 25, what does it matter?

Precisely. America wants SOCIALISM, so be it. You can thank our education system for this turn of events. Few young people today are conservative.
74 posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:27:16 AM by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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[sinkingfeeling]

4. OMG, some of them have an inkling of education and sense.

[Ilsa]

6. "We cannot go on like this..." At least one of them sees how doomed they are.

I wonder if someone should start buying some ice in Antartica or land in the Saharan Desert so they can go form their own facsist state?

[madrchsod]

7. SOCIALISM !!!!

[Elidor]

3. The GOP really fucked up on this one

But hey, if they want to play hardball with their other moderates, it's all right by me.

btw, for anyone who thinks that this, along with Franken, gives us a magical "filibuster-proof majority," we still have regular dems we can't even count on. We're closer, but not there.