Tim Silfies, the Libertarian candidate for congress, was greeting people outside my polling place. Although it was 11:40am, well past the morning voting rush, it took me 40 minutes to get through the line and cast my ballot. In that 40 minutes I chatted with the woman next to me. She was part of the local blue tsunami.
As an observer of local politics, I found this tsunami very disturbing. A wave alone can be damage enough, but a tsunami can sweep completely unqualified people along with it into office. Locally, we almost lost Pat Browne's experience and influence to the frenzied straight party lever pullers upset about Donald Trump.
Center city Allentown, with its Hispanic majority, is more politically monolithic than ever. Any Republicans with Allentown in their district will have a hard time competing against such a solid voting block.
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Outside money talks and apparently it's not a problem when the Dems are the recipients. The redistricting/political dirty trick played a big role. Thanks highly partisan PA supreme court.
ReplyDeleteMike, Local Republican state reps all did fine and Pat Browne, dispute the mass stupidity of Allentown's Democratic voters even prevailed.
ReplyDeleteWe wake up this morning to a more conservative senate! it was a good night for Republicans and the sun is out this morning.
ReplyDeletescott, you may feel the need to keep your flag hoisted, but it wasn't a good night in eastern Pennsylvania for Republicans
ReplyDeleteSo Allentown actually voters WANT to pay higher taxes. Good for them. Hope they get soaked.
ReplyDeleteI also hope the Democrats have lots of fun with their wet dream of impeaching President Trump.
Respectfully,
ROLF OELER
Mike, ,
ReplyDeleteNo one expect Marty to beat Wilde, she had an overwhelming advantage in money and imported talent. The Democrats spent a lot of money to win what is now a redrawn Democratic advantage seat. If you want to call that a wave then so be it, but it was only a local wave in a seat they should have won. Again, thanks to the highly partisan PA supreme court.
By the way Mike, I am a Republican for sound ideological reasons, not to be part of a team. You use the term partisan very selectively.
Phoney Baloney Investigation after Phoney Baloney Investigation after Phoney Baloney Investigation should be lots of fun, especially now that "GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT" is the new standard of justice with respect to the Democrat Party's vision of how 0bama's Post Modern America should be run.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how is that Russian Collusion thing been working out lately???
Sincerely,
ROLF OELER
C'mon, Mr. Armstrong. You are way smarter than that. EVERYBODY knows that ONLY Republicans can be labeled "partisan".
ReplyDeleteRespectfully,
ROLF OELER
Prepare yourselves for two years of comic relief. With Pelosi, Waters, and Schiff on one side vs The Donald on the other. Let's see how many more political traditions and rules the Democratics will throw out.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Marty Nothstein won Charlie Dent's seat. At least he won the old 15th Congressional district.
ReplyDeleteIt took an illegal state court drawn map to steal the seat away from Republicans. Since when do state courts choose boundaries???
Dent was no fool.
Pretty funny hearing these Trump snowflakes moaning essentially their revulsion that elected representatives are actually starting to reflect the citizenry they represent. It's called "Jeffersonian Democracy" and frightening to the GOP.
ReplyDeleteWhile the GOP is to be congratulated on wrestling every single possible vote from their rural, non college educated, angry white base, the reality is that they are not growing their base. The Dems however, are beginning to make inroads on the white suburban college educated, people of color, and the under 40 segment of the population. In other words, they are beginning to tap into the growth opportunity sectors of the electorate. When a Democrat in Texas, TEXAS for goodness sake, in a voting electorate of 8 million, can come within 300K votes of winning, you know that does not bode well for the future of the GOP.
When I lived in Allentown, the suburbs of Philly & Pittsburgh were the strongholds of the GOP.....where the white collar, white college educated lived. No more. Trump carried them in 2016; the GOP lost them, BIGLY, last night. It's the future. Yes, Dent was no fool. He got out to cash in as a winner, while he could.
So the sainted suburban women still care more about the ability to destroy their babies and grandbabies then they do about the future of the country. Interesting the formerly hated suburbs are made up of millions of liberals who fled the cities they ruined with...yes...liberalism.
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