Phil, you are a partisan hack in as much as I am. Until now have I ever called you that? With regards to Rendell, I really do see no way of him losing given how each potential candidate will play out. You keep saying Castor, well who is more popular even in Montco, Rendell or Castor? I have also heard from some Montco residents they find him to be a smug jerkoff albeit a good DA and like Rendell better. Castor will dent Rendell's margins here- no more. Lynn Swann only has name rec out west and being a Steeler will bite him back East and you know it. Swann has also been caught with policy gaffes already and Rendell will sure pound him on that.
I'm a hack because I think Bob Casey (
Democrat) is more likely to win in 2006 than Rick Santorum? I'm a hack because I admitted Ed Rendell (
Democrat) is the most likely to win the 2006 Gov. race when matched up against the current Republican opposition? I'm a hack for stating that Allyson Schwartz (
Democrat) is very likely to win re-election? And those are just three areas where I'm apparently a hack. Give me a break!
Rendell vs. Castor - Sorry, Flyers, but I think the DA who has been re-elected with over 75% of the vote from Montco can put a big dent into Rendell's numbers in that county. Rendell has the star power but that can only get you so far when you're running against a popular, hometown boy with the GOP establishment of that county absolutley in love with him.
Rendell vs. Swann - They don't like your boy out there, Flyers. Face the facts. He barely won out there to begin with. Give them an area hero (sports or not) and keep him from making policy mistakes during the campaign and you guys should be worried. In an east vs. west brawl, the west can win.
Flyers, you have one bad temper and think I have one, too. You have a strange sense of pride thinking your editorial had me fuming. Laughing, yes. Laughing when people attacked you the next week, yes. Turning red? Not at all. Also, you are the one with the problem about someone different than you living so close. I don't fit the typical union guy mentality and I can tell that annoys you. To be honest, I expect people like you from NE Philly. I've become used to it. So don't act like you got me flipping out over your views and location. Your problem is that you don't know how to deal with someone who reminds you a bit like your father so you flip. Maybe I should bring out that post from PA 13?
This is exactly what you want. You want to turn this, like most other things, into a PA 13/NE Philly debate. You bring up how others
blasted you in the NE Times and want to take it out on me. I wasn't flipping out, pal. You need to calm yourself with your ego.