My Endorsements
I’ve taken a great deal of time and thought and have determined who I am voting for and why. I’ll now share my thouhts and my endorsements:
Senate - Rick Santorum. If you really need an explanation on this one, you can back through all the positive things I’ve said about Santorum and all the negative things I’ve said about Casey here on this blog and over at Santorumblog.com.
Suffice it to say, I like Rick more and more with each passing day because he’s got a backbone and is a true leader in an era where political leadership is seriously lacking.
Governor - Lynn Swann. I really had to debate this one with myself, over and over. I’m not thrilled with Swann, but Rendell is a worse alternative in my view. So why am I supporting someone who will probably lose. It’s not because of the staff he surrounds himself with - I don’t care for many of them. It’s not because of the reform efforts - I don’t find sincerity when Swann talks about reform. I’m doing it for one simple reason - If he wins, Republicans will return to the top of the ballot for four years. Right now, they are second on the ballot. Not a great reason, but it’s a reason.
State House of Representatives: Bill Cobb. A surprise I’m sure to some. I’ve had the opportunity to talk with Bill and I find him to be genuine. Here’s a guy whose pretty conservative for a Democrat, whose concerned about reforming our state government, and has some pretty good ideas. I don’t agree with him on all issues, but I don’t know of a candidate that I do frankly.
Also, I used to work for Will Gabig, I know what he’s like - he’s a poor manager of people, he’s inconsistant, he has no vision, and he flip-flops on issues. He’s also an opportunist. It’s a poorly help secret that he’s just waiting for his opportunity to run for County Judge when one of the current Judges retires. Furthermore, he believes there is some kind of conspiracy out to get him. He claimed it was the Democrats fault when he was almost knocked off the ballot in a previous election when he didn’t fill in the financial disclosure form correctly. He claims that Philadelphia interests are out to get him, yet supports John Perzel for Speaker. He claims to be against the pay raise, voted against it, then took it until he got caught red-handed. He’s flip-flopped on a number of other issues too numerous to mention. About the only thing he is consistant on is being inconsistant.
Do we want someone who is just a place holder, waiting for something better, whose inconsistant, who continues to support John Perzel? I sure as hell don’t. The people of the 199th would do everyone a favor in voting for Bill Cobb tomorrow.