"Moderate" Republicans Running Scared

According to The Hill, Multi-Millionaire Congressman Mike Castle and some other so called "moderate" Republicans are starting a PAC to raise money to help other "moderate Republicans" as if such a thing still exists.  

Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), a longtime member and former co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, said lawmakers launched the PAC to help vulnerable centrists (snip)

“You always want to increase your numbers or maintain them so that’s always a matter of some concern,” Castle said when asked about the declining number of House centrists.

“Any elected official is concerned about the next election,” he said. “With any of these moderates, that’s constantly an issue. You’re subject to attacks from the right and the left when you’re in the middle (sic). It’s not approached by anything akin to alarm, but it’s genuine political concern.”

Castle is one of several GOP centrists the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has targeted for defeat in 2008.

The sickening thing is that the press continues to treat Castle like a "centrists" despite the fact that he has voted for every blank check George Bush has ever asked for.

Phoney "centerists" like Mike Castle have been in trouble ever since they decided to bend over for George Bush rather than fight for their constiuents and the Constitution.   Now they are getting what they deserve  - the ability to spend "more time with the family"

Reps. Mark Kirk (Ill.) and Charlie Dent (Pa.), the co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, also have targets on their backs.

“We’re very optimistic about our chances of unseating Mark Kirk,” a Democratic strategist said. “He is one of the few Republicans to represent a district that [2004 Democratic presidential nominee John] Kerry [D-Mass.] won in 2004 and he had a really tough race last [election] cycle.”

Kirk won reelection with 53 percent of the vote last year.

“Kirk’s got to answer for his right-drifting views on a lot of issues, in particular his consistent rubber-stamping of the president’s policy in Iraq,” the Democratic strategist said.

Guys - Don't start a PAC, start having the guts to stand up to Bush.   This is not rocket science.