rssIn 1984, Who Could Ask For More?
Monday, May 04, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey, explaining how he can defeat Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.):
Reagan carried this state twice. I don’t think this state has changed.
Is there any state, or county, or freshwater lake that hasn’t changed since November 1984? This is campaign spin that has the unintended effect of making Toomey sound like he doesn’t realize the scale of his problem in building an electoral coalition in the new Pennsylvania.
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Comment posted May 5, 2009 @ 6:01 am
Geezus, this is kind of like investing in K-Tel stock because “If you look at the trend of disco record sales for the year ending 1978…it's a surefire thing!”
Comment posted May 5, 2009 @ 9:47 am
Yea Rictor!!!! I'm going all in on pay phones. The year the Gipper took pffice was recordbreaking for pay phone calls!!!!!!!! Get in while it's cheap…………………………
Comment posted May 5, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
It also highlights the fact that today's GOP looks nothing like Reagan's, and begs the question of whether the Reagan model is what the GOP should be aiming for.
Comment posted May 5, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
Geezus, this is kind of like investing in K-Tel stock because “If you look at the trend of disco record sales for the year ending 1978…it's a surefire thing!”
Comment posted May 5, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
Yea Rictor!!!! I'm going all in on pay phones. The year the Gipper took pffice was recordbreaking for pay phone calls!!!!!!!! Get in while it's cheap…………………………
Comment posted May 5, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
It also highlights the fact that today's GOP looks nothing like Reagan's, and begs the question of whether the Reagan model is what the GOP should be aiming for.
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