I think we can now officially say that it’s done, finished, kaput. It’s over.

The reports showed Rendell with a balance of $5.7 million, while Swann had only $318,777 on hand for the last two weeks of the race.http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/15870822.htm

A lot of us knew from day one that Swann’s candidacy was doomed. He was chosen, not elected, to be our Republican candidate for this year’s governor’s race by the corrupt Republican political machine here in Pennsylvania. The party leaders under the guidance of National Republican Committeeman and convicted felon, Bob Asher, saw it fit to deny Pennsylvania Republicans our spring primary by annointing Swann on their own and muscling out the other candidates. He stood behind our equally corrupt Legislative leaders who lost their primaries in landslides to actual conservative candidates. Furthermore, he allowed his campaign to be run by a guy who completely blundered what was supposed to be a definite Republican State Senate seat pickup early last year.

Don’t get me wrong. Lynn Swann is a nice guy, but this was not his cup of tea. This isn’t California. It takes more than celebrity status to become Governor of Pennsylvania. It takes actual ideas and knowledge of the issues and a campaign with a strong grassroots effort, not butchered by a bunch of establishment hacks.

So, Pennsylvania can look forward to four more years of tax raising, nanny stater Ed Rendell. Thank God I’m moving out of the state next year. Pennsylvania is going to have a long road to recover from the coming mess that man will leave the state with.