Hoeffel has good chance of beating Specter

[rhino47]

http://www.hillnews.com/campaign/050404_state.aspx

Amazing how bitter the neo cons get isnt it?
(snip)
Some supporters of Specter’s conservative primary challenger, Rep. Pat Toomey, are planning to reach across the political spectrum and vote for Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D-Pa.), Specter’s opponent, said Anthony Loeper, who served as Toomey’s Philadelphia-area coordinator in the primary race.

[theivoryqueen]

1. maybe he shouldn't have said we should wait to execute T.McVeigh

probably got some attention going against justice on that one..
Not that I'm not happy that a dem could win.

[rhino47]

2. I think he was worried because McVeigh`s rights were trampled

I think that had a large part to do with what he said.
Prosecution withheld evidence etc. in the mcveigh case.

[DBoon]

3. If he is executed

We will never get the chance to question him later about what really happen. The truth may die with him.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. Too late

[DBoon]

5. Foolish me!

Thinking about the wrong guy (Terry Nichols)! Still a true statement. You kill someone, you have no more chances to hear their story.

[meow2u3]

6. Specter could end up Naderized (let us pray)

Scroll down and you'll see what I mean.


Specter also will face a challenge from a conservative third-party candidate. Jim Clymer, chairman of the Constitution Party and a Lancaster, Pa., lawyer, said the party will have a candidate on the November ballot — most likely Clymer himself.

“I’m pretty close to making that decision ,” said Clymer, whose name already serves as a place holder on the party’s ballot-access papers. “I’m leaning in that direction. I would relish a battle.”

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[rogerashton]

7. I think these

are more paleocons, really.

[PittPoliSci]

8. i could only hope that the Toomey-ites jump over.

It could really energize Hoeffel's campaign. Look at what they did for the republican primary's turnout! Hoeffel clearly won't change his position on issues, and having them jump fence, PA could be on the right track.

[IronLionZion]

9. No one in West Penn knows who Hoeffel is

once he is known, he'll win big.

[bleedingheart]

10. we had a political dinner out in Westmoreland County

with about 100 or so local committee people and to our great surprise Hoeffel showed up. I think it was great! He is an excellent speaker and very intelligent. He worked the crowd and gave a small speech. I think that if he continues to do stuff like that he will win.

[Kire]

11. about joe hoeffel

ABOUT JOE HOEFFEL

Joe Hoeffel has been fighting for Pennsylvania’s families for over 25 years. First elected to Congress in 1998, he’s earned a reputation as a hardworking moderate legislator, a deficit hawk on the budget and a strong advocate of expanded healthcare coverage. Joe represents Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District, and is a member of the International Relations and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees.

Now in his third term, Joe works hard to promote fiscal restraint, balance the federal budget, pay down our national debt, reform education, improve international relations, protect the environment and expand health care.

And Joe works hard to bring millions of federal dollars back to Pennsylvania. He’s secured new economic development projects; established a new public health center in his district; brought home millions of dollars in public transportation and public school teacher funding; established a new center for land use planning and sustainable growth at Temple University; and restored critical education funding to schools in his district.

Joe introduced legislation to provide an additional $35 billion in federal funds to public schools and to eliminate wasteful Corporate Welfare. He fought for the Patients’ Bill of Rights to reform HMOs, is committed to preserving Social Security and Medicare and believes we must provide a prescription drug plan for seniors under Medicare without privatization.

As a member of the International Relations Committee, Joe is a strong proponent of a vigorous role for the United States in international efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and throughout the world. He’s supported virtually every anti-terrorism bill and voted to give the President the authority to use military force in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the same time, Joe pushed for building a broader international coalition against Saddam Hussein and he criticized the unilateral policies of the Bush Administration. Joe continues to advocate for a broad coalition of nations to take part in the rebuilding of Iraq and its government, believing it is imperative that America resist unilateral actions abroad and work to build international coalitions to accomplish our goals.

A life-long resident of Pennsylvania, Joe, 53, first served four terms in the State House (1977 –1984). In 1991, Joe was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, where he served until his election to Congress in 1998.

Joe graduated from Boston University and Temple University School of Law. Married for 26 years, Joe’s wife, Francesca, is a registered nurse with a master’s degree in public health nursing. They have two children – Mary, 23, and Jake, 21.

http://www.hoeffelforsenate.com/about/about.cfm

[Kire]

12. join Joe's Yahoo! group

for the latest news and discussion of the campaign

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HoeffelforSenate/