The Daily Star – Opinion Articles – Hearing Iraq’s echo in Pennsylvania election politics
Many thanks to Kristin Dailey for letting me know about this article, an interesting look at PA’s importance in the upcoming presidential election from a Middle Eastern perspective.
As I told her, I was startled to see that Bush received more votes in the Pennsylvania primary than all the Democratic candidates combined. I would have guessed that fewer Republicans would bother voting in a closed primary with only one Republican presidential candidate, resulting in a higher Dem:GOP ratio than we’ll see in the fall. But perhaps Specter/Toomey battle brought Republicans out, or maybe the Democratic voters didn’t come out because Kerry already had the nomination.
What startled me even more was that this article makes it sound like the most conservative Republicans voted for Specter not because they agree with him on the issues, but simply because Bush told them to.
Scary.