U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, the longest-serving member of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation, has lost his re-election bid in a Democratic primary race in a newly redrawn district.If those voters think health care costs a lot now, wait till they find out how much it costs when it's "free". Hopefully the Supreme Court will protect them from having to learn that lesson the hard way :-)
Personal injury attorney Matt Cartwright spent nearly $400,000 in the race against Holden, who was elected to Congress in 1992 and was one of its conservative, so-called Blue Dog Democrats.Cartwright's campaign hit Holden with allegations that he was too conservative for the district's voters, citing his vote against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
I Thought Only Republicans Couldn't Tolerate So-called Centrists!
Those crazy partisans on the lunatic fringe--their party can't tolerate centrists! Those darned Repub--oh, wait:
Two words: Joe Lieberman.
ReplyDeleteThe folks at the edges have always exerted centrifugal force on the political spectrum. Lately though there's been a lot more force exerted.
For lefties it's watching their power evaporate that's justifying pulling out all the stops including running well-funded primary opponents against incumbents. For conservatives it's the prospect of knocking out long-sitting incumbents who talk-right and vote-left.
But . . . health care IS free. For those who can't pay. change this, and it will be affordable for all.
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