While Republican bigwigs inside the Beltway were busy setting up Republicans for Choice, out in the field Pennsylvania voters were showing just how out of touch with the grassroots the GOP chieftains are. In the May 15 gubernatorial primary there, a young, pro-life mother of four named Peg Lu-sick filed just ten days before the deadline, yet went on to capture 46 per cent of the vote against the odds-on favorite, pro-choice state Auditor General Barbara Hafer.
Pennsylvania pro-lifers tell Cato they are actually relieved Mrs. Lusick didn’t pull it off. The real goal was not to challenge Democratic Governor Robert Casey (a pro-life hero) but to send a statement back to the Republican National Committee about the Big Tent theory. Meanwhile, a number of people running on Mrs. Lusick’s coattails knocked out Hafer people in the state Republican committee.
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