Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Robert A. Gleason Jr. must be an eternal optimist.His party is in shambles, having lost more ground to the Democrats in successive election cycles, but Gleason is choosing to look at the few bright spots in Tuesday's Election Day debacle.
From a statement Gleason released after the GOP took a beating at the polls Tuesday:
"First of all, we would like to thank John McCain and Sarah Palin for the race they ran and their commitment to our Party. Tonight, was certainly a historic night and we recognize Barack Obama for a hard-fought victory. That being said, our Party is proud of the work we were able to accomplish, but certainly not satisfied."Let's recap. Pennsylvania Republicans kept the Attorney General's office, but lost the other two statewide row offices on the ballot (treasurer and auditor general), held on the 5th Congressional District seat vacated by Rep. John Peterson and managed to keep six other Congressional seats.
"Over the last three days, our Party had tens of thousands of volunteers contacting millions of voters to support John McCain, Sarah Palin and the rest of our Republican ticket. Thanks in large part to the work of our dedicated volunteers, we were able to re-elect Attorney General Tom Corbett, send Glenn 'G.T.' Thompson to U.S. Congress, expanded our majority in the State Senate and won key State House seats."
Republicans hold just 7 of the 19 Pennsylvania Congressional seats. The GOP held 11 of 19 before the 2006 elections.
At the state level, the GOP held on to majority control of the state Senate, but could not pick up ground in the House, where Democrats increased their majority despite being implicated in the biggest corruption scandal in state history.
As long as we're talking about change, it might be time for some new blood in the ranks of state GOP leadership.
4 comments:
Its Alfred E. Newman from MAD Magazine spouting "What? Me Worry?" all over again!
There is something seriously wrong in PA when the next president calls us bible-thumping, gun-toting racists and pretty much slams the door shut on the burgeoning coal resurgence in the Schuylkill County-to-Scranton belt AND STILL wins the state in a landslide! You can only blame so much of that disparity on the Philly and PGH-area liberals!
Something needs to change and it needs to start at the top.
Speaking of new blood in the ranks of the GOP.
I just changed my party registration to Republican.
Considering Schuylkill County only had a turnout or 68.59% of registered voters, other than the vote for President which was 53% for McCain and the incumbent Republican Tom Corbett, Democrats did very well in the other State races.
I wonder what would have been the results with a better turnout?
The Congressional Republican Committee withheld much needed support from Tom Barletta in his race against Kanjorski up in Hazelton. Why? Because of his outspoken opposition to illegal immigration. I, for one, will no longer consider myself a Republican. I am a conservative...period!
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