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GOP Catching Up To Dems In Bucks Registration — Republican activist Scott Presler reported on X, yesterday, that Bucks County, Pa is just 2,651 voters away from flipping back to the GOP.
On Nov. 29, the Democrats had a 4,033 vote lead.
And Centre County is just 1,362 voters away from flipping Luzerne County is but 3,814 from flipping.
Pennsylvania Lincoln Dinner Gossip — Here’s some gossip from the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, Feb. 2.
When keynote speaker Ben Carson threw a zinger at Nikki Haley, 10 state committee people stood up and left. This included Philly GOP Chairman Vince Fenerty and his table.
York County District Attorney Dave Sunday was solidly endorsed in his bid to become state attorney general. Tough break Craig Williams who reportedly is still circulating petitions.
Bucks County Chairwoman Pat Poprik anticipates strong voter turnout. It was revealed, though, that she and others in leadership are being sued by “the far right MAGA group there” over access to petition signing meetings.
Whoever could they be? Betcha they are friends of ours. Go get ’em Barry, Dawn and Andy.
There are primary battles in Bucks for delegates, committee seats and, of course, congress.
A primary battle for congress looms in Delco as well for the the 5th District seat held by Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon. It’s between Dasha Pruett and Alfie Goodwin. The Delco GOP has endorsed Alfie.
In Philly, Sam Oropeza-backed Patrick Gushue is taking on party-backed Aizaz Gill to unseat Democrat Kevin Boyle in the 172nd District State House race.
The competition is good news and shows that Pennsylvania’s GOP is far from dead.
One point of concern, however, is Montgomery County. They are short committee people and can’t find candidates for four State House seats in the eastern part of the county.
On the other hand, there is battle for the Swarthmore Western committeeman seat between Bob Small and Jim Rivello.
It is speculated that Rivello is being backed by “far right MAGA groups.”
Bob, however, is one of the excellent writers at BillLawrenceOnline.com and we hope all vote for him.
Senate candidate Dave McCormick gave an hour-long speech which was apparently well received. We are going to have trouble filling in his block, and we mean for the general election.
We like air conditioning and we don’t want crickets on our menu.
By the way, Oropeza, who just ran for Philly Council, and David Oh, who had been a long-time member of Philadelphia Council, are moving to Delco this year. They cite better schools for their kids and less crime.
Pennsylvania GOP Endorses McCormick For Senate For 2024 — The Pennsylvania Republican Party officially endorsed Dave McCormick for U.S. Senate, today, Sept. 30, at its fall meeting we have been told.
It is believed to be the first time the state party has endorsed a candidate for an election more than a year away.
The seat that McCormick seeks has been held by Democrat Bob Casey since 2007.
McCormick lost a Republican primary election to Mehmet Oz for the 2022 Senate race.
McCormick worked at Bridgewater Associates, a private equity firm, starting as president in 2009, becoming co-CEO in 2017 and sole CEO in 2019. He stepped down in 2022 for his Senate run.
Bridgewater is closely affiliated with Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum.
McCormick attended their meeting in Davos, Switzerland in 2021 and is extensively quoted on their website.
The presumption for this early endorsement is to stop a primary challenge by a Trump supporter.
Trump notably refused to endorse him last year.
Will we vote for McCormick?
We mean in the general.
There may be some possible possibility but we are not seeing it.
Here is some food for thought if the Republicans want to keep people like us in the fold: endorse Trump now, and that includes an endorsement from McCormick; and condemn — loudly, frequently and effectively — the vilely unAmerican lawfare being waged against him.
The most serious threats to the dignity and freedom of the American citizen are open borders, lawfare, untrustworthy elections and, especially, politicalization of monetary services, which is basically the Mark of the Beast.
Can’t say we have much faith that McCormick agrees with us.
Pennsylvania GOP Endorses McCormick For Senate For 2024
Is Pennsylvania GOP Making Early Endorsements To Sabotage Working Class? — Josh Prince has informed us that the Pennsylvania Republican Committee intends to endorse state candidates for the 2024 election-cycle during state committee meeting which is happening today, Sept. 29, and tomorrow in Harrisburg.
“Never before has State Committee even considered endorsing state candidates –although they have federal candidates on a couple occasions — prior to the November election preceding the applicable election-cycle,” he said.
He said if an endorsement was to be made it would be at the February State Committee meeting.
He said that some candidates have not even announced yet, since it isn’t even the election-cycle in which they’re running.
The candidates reportedly to be endorsed are for treasurer, auditor general, and the U.S. Senate seat now held by Bob Casey.
This appears to be a plan to grease the wheels for Dave McCormick, who lost a primary battle for the Senate in 2022 to Mehmet Oz.
McCormick is widely mistrusted by Trump supporters in the state.
Prince says there is also talk of an endorsement for attorney general.
Could this be an attempt to squelch a candidacy by popular York County District Attorney Dave Sunday who stood up to the Wolf administrations’ stupid, counter-productive Covid restrictions?
Family fights are fine for political parties but smart people know that unfairness make its harder to forgive.
The working class Republicans haven’t forgotten how the Republican political class had no problem stabbing them in the back to make Democrat Josh Shapiro the governor. Note that the names at the link include former Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Val DiGiorgio and former Montco GOP boss Mike Vereb. Yeah, they supported Josh.
Is Pennsylvania GOP Making Early Endorsements To Sabotage Working Class?
Butler County GOP Reorg Called Off By State Party-We just were told that the Pennsylvania GOP has called off the reorganizational meeting it was about to impose on the Butler County Republican Party.
Has somebody started taking smart pills?
The meeting had been scheduled for Monday.
Poor Lawrence Tabas. He faces a Republican mess in Butler County.
The Pennsylvania GOP Chairman’s head must be spinning 360 degrees 24/7.
Butler County is a GOP stronghold north of Pittsburgh.
MAGA Republicans took control of the party last summer with Gary Vanasdale becoming chairman.
The May 16 primary occurred without controversy and District Attorney Richard Goldinger, who held the post since 2007, appeared to be waltzing to another term without a Democrat to be seen in oppostion.
But then Vanasdale’s wife, Jennifer, decided to run against him as an independent claiming he was soft on crime.
The howls quickly came and the State Party heard them.
Vanasdale offered to take a leave of absence until after the election with Internal Vice Chairman Chester Jack filling in.
Not good enough said the State Party.
It demanded that Vanasdale support Goldinger over his wife and that was something he wouldn’t do.
And now according to Corey Check –who had chaired the county’s Southeast District until a few days ago — the State Party has dissolved the county party and is holding a reorganization meeting next Monday, Sept. 25.
Check suspects the motive is deeper and uglier than just maintaining party discipline.
“The establishment is united to maintain the status quo,” said Check. “This is our fundamental disagreement. We want to change the status quo and let the people decide.”
Check, who is 21, thinks party leadership’s motivation is power and not service. He says they are not encouraging youth involvement unlike the Democrats.
The kids, though, are taking their own initiative.
Check notes that three 20-something conservatives ran in GOP ballot in Butler, this primary.
Really Larry, the smart play would have been to keep your nose out of it and let Chester Jack handle things until after the election. Vanasdale’s side won fair and square last summer, after all.
Republican Mess In Butler County Pa
Josh Prince 5th Installment Regarding GOP Crisis –Josh Prince released, July 31, the fifth installment of a series relating to serious internal issues in the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
Prince is a Berks County attorney who was a Commonwealth Court candidate in the May 16 primary.
His series describes how county Republican leaders have been purging from committee posts Trump supporters and others skeptical of the beneficence of Pennsylvania’s corporations.
He says the Zoom call initiated by State GOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas was “wholly ineffective.”
He says the party leader actions are counter-productive to the degree that he’s considering the possibility of infiltration by Democrat operatives.
I dunno, Josh. You can make maybe an even stronger case in the other direction.
Remember former Montco GOP Chairman Mike Vereb and Val DiGiorgio, the previous state Republican chairman, worked to get Josh Shapiro elected governor.
The Democrat leaders shaft their voters probably even more than the Republican ones.
It’s no longer about Democrats vs Republicans. It’s about the average citizen vs the corrupt bastards.
If you want Mordor revealed, read this classic piece that deserves a whole lot more discussion: https://billlawrenceonline.com/stradley-ronon-connections/
Josh Prince 5th Installment Regarding GOP Crisis
Tabas Zoom Didn’t Satisfy Activists; Suspicions Remain — Josh Prince told Chesco United, last night, July 28, that Lawrence Tabas’ Zoom with county party bosses two days earlier was ineffective and impotent. It gave no resolution to the disunity bubbling among Pennsylvania Republicans.
Prince is a Berks County attorney who was a Commonwealth Court primary candidate. He had written a series of blog posts describing how GOP establishmentarian leaders have been purging Trump supporters and others who put the middle class ahead of corporatism.
Prince said Tabas, the state GOP chairman, declared that he shouldn’t have to deal with county issues. He told the bosses to resolve the matter themselves. He suggested that non-conformists merely be assigned extra door-knocking rather than be expelled.
Those targeted, however, had not violated any bylaws, Prince said. Fights are allowed in direct-election primaries. He noted that in one contentious Chester County issue, party leaders neglected to provide sample ballots leaving the locals to get their own printed in which they omitted the name of an endorsed county judicial candidate whom they did not favor.
Rather than blame the hard-working volunteers, perhaps the ire should be directed at the Chesco bosses.
They really didn’t distribute sample ballots?
Attending the event were some of Chester County’s most active and effective volunteers.
There was much talk of selective boycotts of state candidates. This would be a tragedy considering the importance of November’s election.
It was also claimed that the state party is getting marching orders from Matthew Brouillette’s Commonwealth Partners which promotes issues beloved by the globalist corporate class.
It was speculated that the reasons for the purge were to decrease Trump supporters for the 2024 campaign and increase supporters for Dave McCormick who is expected to try again for a U.S. Senate seat.
McCormick was accused of being affiliated with the World Economic Forum. He had been CEO of Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund, before he entered politics.
Tabas Zoom Didn’t Satisfy Activists; Suspicions Remain
Lawrence Tabas GOP Zoom Call — We have been told that Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas has scheduled a Zoom call with all 67 county chairs to address concerns raised by Berks County attorney Joshua Prince regarding attempts by old guards in county parties to purge new activists from committee posts and other positions of influence.
Prince, who was a Commonwealth Court candidate in the May 16 primary, wrote about the issues in a series of blog posts starting with this one.
Most of the issues could have been handled with a phone call from the county chair to the subject in question. If that couldn’t fix it, simply looking the other way would be the smart play if the subject, a volunteer, was an effective worker.
A party that wins has its committee seats filled. A lot in Pennsylvania aren’t. It’s stupid to empty the ones where something is getting done.
If one really wants to win, that is.
Hopefully, Tabas also takes up the lawfare being waged against attorney Thomas J. Carroll of Pottstown. Carroll represented Fulton County, Pa. in its attempt to audit its own voting machines after the 2020 election.
Pennsylvania’s partisan Supreme Court sanctioned Fulton County and Carroll for this attempt to promote transparency and trust to a public that is growing ever more skeptical about the integrity of our elections.
The court is considering disbarring Carroll.
If one cares about freedom and a fair judiciary, one better start speaking up now, especially if one is a lawyer or judge.
Corrupt County Leadership May Kill Pa GOP Says Ex-Candidate — Berks County attorney Joshua Prince has blogged — here and here — about his experiences as a Republican May 16 primary candidate for Commonwealth Court.
He expresses dismay about the Pennsylvania GOP’s future as he has found that the entrenched party leadership — on the state level and in many counties — to be more concerned about keeping power and their dwindling perks than winning.
Prince says this leadership is trying to remove party activists they see as a threat to their rice bowl. Many of these activists are elected committepeople.
He echos things about what we have long written. See here and here and here and here and here for just some examples.
Prince, actually, mentions Montco and Chesco as places where the leaders put self-interests ahead of their supporters. He also mentions places such as Cumberland County where it might not be expected by those who hold romanticized views of the Pennsylvania T.
He says many of the party activists under attack are saying they’ll quite the party and support independent candidates if the attacks don’t stop.
These are the most dedicated workers come campaign time.
Prince has appealed to state GOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas to intervene.
We wrote about this as it applies to Philadelphia a decade ago.
Surprisingly for some, the Delco GOP is not on Prince’s list of villains.
It’s not on ours either.
It may not be a perfectly functional family but it remains a family. New Chairman Frank Agovino appears to be listening to activist concerns. The party leadership has even dipped its toe into election integrity, and effectively.
Corrupt County Leadership May Kill Pa GOP Says Ex-Candidate
Corrupt County Leadership May Kill Pa GOP Says Ex-Candidate