Odd. Wonder if he broke out into hives among all those Republicans?
Wonder if it's just a coincidence that fellow longtime Castor-hater Bob Asher scheduled the kickoff while Castor and DA Risa Ferman were out of town at the PA District Attorneys' Assoc. conference (Castor is immediate past president) in Erie.
Asher's clumsy efforts to continue to put the Republican label on Matthews would be amusing, if they weren't so sad...
Here's the story from the Bulletin:
07/16/2008
McCain Campaign Launches Montgomery County Office
By: William Mulgrew , The Bulletin
Blue Bell - Former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift joined local Republican leaders yesterday to celebrate the opening of the "McCain/Victory 2008" campaign office off Township Line Road.
It is the second regional office to open in Pennsylvania after the Harrisburg headquarters began two weeks ago.
The Hillary Clinton/ Barack Obama clash in the Primary Election left a benefit for Democrats: Most of the campaign offices and staff have already been on the ground. Republicans, however, remain optimistic that Sen. John McCain will catch up. The campaign tapped John Seaton, who led Iowa for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2004, as Mr. McCain's regional director for Ohio-Pennsylvania.
"Being from Massachusetts, it's great to be in a state that will go from blue to red this year," Ms. Swift said.
Ms. Swift noted that not only Pennsylvania, but also New Hampshire and Maine are in play, two states that went for Democrat Sen. John Kerry in 2004. New Hampshire, specifically, voted out its two Republican congressmen in 2006.
"Montgomery County will be the keystone county in the Keystone State," said Bob Asher. As chairman of Pennsylvania for McCain, Mr. Asher heads the statewide fundraising effort.
County Republican Chairman Bob Kerns said that Mr. McCain is no George W. Bush.
"The Democrats are going to try, but are never going to be able to get that to stick," Mr. Kerns said. "He doesn't necessarily carry the party line ... But that's him. He's not bashful about saying that. What you see is what you get."
It's a battle to retain a county that's increasingly favorable to Democrats. While the Republicans held onto the county commissioners' race in 2007, 55.6 percent of Montgomery voters supported Democratic candidate John Kerry in 2004, and 61.9 percent supported Bob Casey over Rick Santorum in 2006.The McCain campaign has a branch office in Delaware County, shared with Craig Williams, Republican candidate for the 7th congressional district.
Sen. John McCain is scheduled to appear for a town hall meeting in Wilkes-Barre, July 23, followed by a fundraiser.
Local Candidates Show Support
Campaigning in the 17th senatorial district, Republican Lance Rogers said he's made traction with former Hillary Clinton supporters. The Lower Merion Township commissioner is campaigning full-time.
"I think that Sen. McCain is the right choice for America and the future. I know that John McCain has been very supportive of cleaning up and reforming government," Mr. Rogers said.
"He's experienced. He's a war hero," State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf (R-12) said. The senator said he was moved that, as a P.O.W. during the Vietnam War, McCain refused to be released unless his fellow prisoners were released with him.
Also in attendance: Marina Katz, candidate for the 13th congressional district, Tom Ellis, candidate for State Treasurer, State Rep. Kate Harper (R-61), State Sen. Rob Wonderling (R-24) and Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Matthews.
William Mulgrew can be reached at news@thebulletin.us.
5 comments:
The only reason Matthews showed up was because he knew Castor was out of town and Asher was running the show yesterday. Matthews doesn't dare come into a room full of Republicans anymore.
He's not welcome.
Remember how he got booed in Abington?
Maybe If I were to show up at the next McCain event and give out Writemarsh! buttons, it would work like garlic to a vampire?
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Notice the political attendees were (except Kerns) all Asher people. No Castor, Ferman, Rafferty, Vereb, Quigley, Greenleaf, Becker, Page, Durante...the list is endless. Why? Because Asher is trying to take over the McCain operation and actual popular Republicans need not apply. This thinking will lead to a McCain route in "the Keystone County in the Keystone state" and prove once again that Bob Asher knows nothing about winning elections and cares only about lining his pockets, stearing cronies government contracts, and maintaining patronage. Until there is no GOP left. The Legacy of the Candyman.
I think Greenleaf was there.
But you're right, he's no Asher crony. He's a good man.
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