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Phila. Republicans: An endangered species
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jan 19, 2007 04:28am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Friday, January 19, 2007 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Philadelphia Inquirer article.
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"With Philadelphia's May 15 mayoral primary less than four months away, the Democratic Party has four candidates and counting. Republicans? Not a one.
Not much of a showing for a major party in the nation's fifth-largest city.
Things are so desperate that GOP insiders have taken to pleading with Democrats - including mayoral candidates Dwight Evans and Michael Nutter, and union leader John J. Dougherty, who's not in the race - to jump ship.
Their newest target: millionaire businessman Tom Knox, another Democrat for mayor who has been busy airing $1.7 million worth of TV ads.
Some Republicans are even suggesting the unthinkable: not running a candidate at all.
The city's Republican Party, it seems, is hanging by a chad, at least as far as anointing a candidate to run City Hall.
"They are absent without leave since the last mayoral election," said Randall Miller, a history professor at St. Joseph's University, referring to Sam Katz's unsuccessful run at John Street. "Instead of regrouping and grooming candidates for a major citywide office, they've gone into a bunker."
Michael Meehan is the man charged with fixing the problem. As the GOP leader in town, he bears the responsibility of finding a credible candidate for a party that has not won the mayor's office since 1947.
That's right, 1947.
Then, the city had a viable Republican Party that for years had dominated the political landscape. Now, registered city Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 5-1." |
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