For the Republicans, Toomey is best
The Inquirer endorses PAT TOOMEY for the Republican Party nomination.
For the Republicans, Toomey is best
Former Congressman Pat Toomey talks to reporters after giving a speech to Pennsylvania Republicans in March. (JOHN ZEEDICK / Associated Press)
Pat Toomey, the man who drove Arlen Specter from the Republican Party, believes it’s finally his year to capture a U.S. Senate seat. Toomey is clearly the strongest candidate in the May 18 Republican primary, and he will be tough for any Democrat to beat in November. That’s why The Inquirer endorses PAT TOOMEY for the Republican Party nomination.
Toomey came so close to beating Specter in the 2004 primary that the possibility of a rematch led Specter to switch parties last year. A former three-term congressman from the Lehigh Valley, Toomey retired from the House in 2005 to become president of the Washington-based Club for Growth. The nonprofit advocacy group is known for its anti-tax posture, and for encouraging conservative Republican candidates to defeat moderate Republican incumbents.
Toomey has worked on Wall Street and has experience running small businesses; formerly operating a restaurant in Allentown and founding a community bank. He would have voted against the bank bailouts, saying firms must be allowed to fail, and against health-care reform, saying consumers should instead get tax breaks to purchase health insurance in a more competitive market.
Toomey’s opponent, Peg Luksik, is familiar to voters as an antiabortion leader from Johnstown. It’s her fourth statewide campaign for elective office, and she argues that she’s the only candidate from either party who isn’t a Washington insider. Luksik said she would have voted for a debt commission to curb federal spending; the proposal failed in Congress and President Obama later created a watered-down version. Toomey says the idea is just a vehicle to raise taxes.
Toomey has won over party leaders, and is proving adept at raising campaign cash. There are signs that the state Republican Party may be moving in a more conservative direction. If that’s so, Toomey would be its strongest standard bearer in the contest for U.S. Senate.
Comments (14)
Go Toomey!— camtheman- Wait, the Inquirer endorses Republicans???— cesegal
- Good idea endorsing a member of the sore loser, name calling, cry-baby, take-my-country-back-from-the-party-who-fairly-won-a-majority group of right wing Glen Becker Clubbers. Dear Inquirer readers: Please use your intellegence before voting for yet anohter George Bush incompetant. Were you really that better off in 2007? THINK!! Hey Patty: Where's YOUR birth certificate? No need to show us, we won't believe it anyway.— Hi There
Comment removed.- My response to "Hi There" is what has Obama done that is any better? I left the GOP because of Bush so I am far from an apologist. But as far as I can tell, Obama has been no better. He's stayed the course on two pointless wars, wasted more money, and keeps dreaming up ways for the government to pry into our lives. Both Republicans and Democrats do this now. Toomey is a principled guy and was calling Bush out on his wasteful policies and I'm glad he continues to. If you want to continue the government excess of Bush and Obama, Specter is your guy.— Greg V.
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- Greg V: Very good response— Polecat_39
- Yes cesegal, the Inquirer is OWNED by Republicans. Of course it will endorse them. Aside from that, you do understand that this IS the Republican primary and that it would not be possible to endorse a Democrat until the general election in November. Something tells me you also fail to grasp that point.— mattSR
- True Red American, I don't even know where to start with you. Toomey was against a lot of the policies of Bush, as was Santorum. Calling him anti-American is just stupidity. You're probably one of those people who blindly follows the Democrats no matter what they do. The term for that is a lemming. Anyone who blindly follows either party is one.— buttermilk67
- True Blue American - Another example of the hateful left.— Kaiser Sosa
- I contributed to Toomey's campaign and I don't even live in PA. We need more like him in all parts of government.— PhillyTru
- We need more politicians like Toomey. For those living in Bucks County, please consider Gloria Carlineo as the choice to face Patrick Murphy. www.carlineo4congress.com— Mystapitt
- Greg V: Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I, too, am not a Democrat apologist, nor am I a fan of Olberman (he can be the mirror image of Beck). I agree that we need to end these terrible aimless wars and am alarmed at the money we're spending. I do think the President has done signifantly better than his predecessor -- if only by merely by doing something. A common "Just Say No" party line was that Obama was doing too much. What a great problem to have! He passed a healthcare bill: Perfect, no of course not. But its more than 7 of his predecessors did. Sometimes you need to fix something urgently, like if your roof is leaking or if termites are infesting, or if your car breaks down. You can put it off for as long as you want, but it won't get any cheaper and your other bills won't go away. Mr. Bush put off just about everything and the downward spiral just got faster. The current GOP says they can fix this by cutting taxes. Will fixing the roof get any cheaper if you stop paying your kid's college tuition? Sometimes you just need to borrow. To the Tea Baggers who will say to cut spending to cut taxes, what exactly do you want cut right here in Philly: Schools? Libraries? Road improvements? Police and firefighters? How about the military?— Hi There
- Mr. Wall Street gets the endorsement. I suppose there isn't much of a choice - Peg Luksik is unelectable and Pat Toomey is an unrepentant Wall Street banker who helped write the legislation that deregulated banks and led to the financial crisis. So much for lessons learned; sorry Mssrs. Glass and Steagall.— GregoriusMercator
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