Republicans imploding in Pennsylvania
George Will’s column laments the increasing misfortune of Republicans in the Keystone State.
In the governor’s race, Democrat Ed Rendell hopes to defeat his Republican opponent Lynn Swann by exploiting what he considers to be the increasingly fragmented and incompatible nature of the Republican vote: the loyal base, the disappointed base that may not vote, and the moderates who are concluding there is no place for them in the GOP. This last group is disenchanted because of the GOP’s backwards positions on issues like stem cell research, creationism in schools, and gay rights.
Republican Senator Rick Santorum’s re-election campaign is also in serious trouble and he will probably lose his seat because of this same fracture in GOP politics. This erosion in support is part of a “sea change” in electoral politics that is seeing Democratic candidates successful in previously Republican strongholds.
The Democratic strategy in Pennsylvania is obviously a winning one and will hopefully spread outside the Commonwealth, especially with there already being 12 Democratic governors in “red” states.
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