Both are defeats for Republican philosophy currently held by the RNC and the Republican caucus in both the House and Senate.
Specter, now a Democrat, was voted out because the was one of “them”.. The opponent of Rand Paul in the Kentucky primary, was voted out, …. because he was one of “them”…
Whereas the current media spin is focused on the tea bag resurgence, as usual, they are going too far. Rand Paul is the son of Ron Paul, and holds many of his same values. Ron Paul, was innovative and single handedly, made the 2008 Republican debates worth watching. Ron Paul was not one of “them”. Neither is his son.
So his defeat over the candidate picked by Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s Senior Senator, is due to the unraveling of the Republican party; not so much the popularity of “tea bagging”..
LIkewise, Specter, who often stood up against Republicans because their ideas were way too whacked for Pennsylvanians to stomach, was painted as a Republican this time and that killed him… Not even Obama could save him… I am saddened at this loss, because it takes great courage for a man to stand up and leave a dying party and join the one who has always been trying to unseat you… I personally wish that courage had been rewarded, so more republicans who still have a brain on their heads, might also try it… Seeing this, they won’t.
Republicans stink from the top down. As Rand Paul shows, good people need to run at the established party regulars and spank them…pull their pants down in public and spank them…
That hasn’t happened in Delaware… All we have is Castle, hiding behind the Dover High School Band, who like Specter and Mitch McConnell’s hand picked minion, were umbilically connected to the problem that ruined America.
No! Not all republicans are bad. Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, were all decent men. They were great leaders. They are a credit to America and this nation is better off that they won, instead of their opponents. They were not this stupid batch of losers we see everywhere today….
So don’t think that the Tea Party is the way to go… Rand Paul’s victory is not a ringing endorsement of their viewpoints… Instead, it is one more nail in the coffin of the RNC leadership. The RNC’s ideas failed… Their conservative values… stink…. They are nothing but stupid crap clogging up the toilets of time that need to be flushed.
Fortunately, Voters everywhere, pulling the handle … are ridding us of all our past sins……

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May 19, 2010 at 7:28 am
Jerry Northington
Kavips, I must disagree with your assessment of Specter. He did not represent much of what has come to be mainstream Republican philosophy, but his main reason to change parties was an effort to keep himself in office. He is a career politician more interested in himself than the voters.
The voters of Pennsylvania chose a man who will represent their best interests against the corporate interests that backed Specter. Good for them. We shall see how the future plays out, but my guess is the voters in PA made one very fine choice.
Now let us all hope the voters of DE have the same good sense in the Fall.
May 19, 2010 at 9:36 pm
kavips
It was all for naught if Toomey wins.
It was all for naught.
May 20, 2010 at 7:24 am
Jerry Northington
The race looks to be at worst a tossup. With any luck at all Sestak will win. The people of PA are smart enough to see Toomey for what he is if Sestak campaigns the way he should. We shall see…
May 27, 2010 at 3:49 am
Frieda Berryhill
You are right Jerry !!!! In any case Specter was simply too old. At age 80 its time yo retire.