Rep. English readies for tough race

August 14th, 2007, posted by LVDem

Party registration and overall political performance suggest that the congressional district in Pennsylvania’s northwest corner should be a classic swing seat.

Yet Rep. Phil English, R-Erie, has held the seat since 1995, handily turning aside a succession of challengers.

His comfortable tenure continued a pattern set by his predecessor, Tom Ridge. Both had tough initial fights to win the seat, but both cemented their holds on the district in a series of relatively comfortable re-elections.

Emboldened by their triumph in the 2006 congressional elections and the continuing unpopularity of the war in Iraq, Democrats in the district and in Washington contend that 2008 will be the year that breaks that mold.

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time for English and Murphy to go

On August 25th, 2007 Anonymous (not verified) said:

It is time for western PA to rid themselves of
LOCK AND STEP cronies Phil English and Tim Murphy.
The reasons to not vote for them FAR OUTWEIGH any
good they can do (which only typically applies to
corporate America). VOTE THEM OUT... THEY DO NOT
DESERVE ANOTHER TERM. They’ve shown what they
can and choose to do. Support failed policies that
affect our families and workers. “trickle down”
has trickled to their district.

Phil English record is a disgrace

On February 22nd, 2008 Anonymous said:

He voted for NAFTA,the war in Iraq and the troop surge… He also voted to make it illegal to go to Canada and buy your prescription drugs where you can save 30% to 60%. Instead of saying to the drug companies, make the drugs available in the USA for the same price as Canada,he and his Republican cronies decided to protect the drug companies and their 70 billion dollar profits. He is also against any healthcare plan that doesn’t include insurance companies and refuses to support HR676.Is it any surprise that over 55% of his contributions in the last election came from drug and healthcare insurance lobbyists…It’s time for this do nothing,special interest puppet of a politician to be sent packing!!!!!!!!! It’s LONG overdue!!!

You have to give him credit

On February 23rd, 2008 Anonymous said:

You have to give him credit for being a loyal Republican. Republicans obviously banded together and wanted to put someone in office that forgot them and did what Republicans are supposed to do…support corporate boardrooms, destroy the environment to protect chemical companies and to keep our taxes…ahh, I mean the top 1% of wealthy Americans’ taxes very low.