On May 16, in the aftermath of his winning both Republican and Democrat primaries in his bid to win re-election as mayor, I wrote:
Perhaps Mayor Barletta might want to consider a new and better job about an hour-and-a-half to the southwest along I-81, in another Pennsylvania town that begins with “H.” I understand that it’ll come open in 2010.
Today, at the We Hate Gringos Blog:
With the mayoral primary election behind him, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta says he is giving a run for Congress ‘’serious consideration” and will make up his mind by the beginning of next year.
Barletta, who won both Republican and Democratic primaries in the Hazleton mayoral contest in May, said he is also contemplating a run for statewide office, such as treasurer, lieutenant governor and governor.
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That’s all reason for the GOP to feel bullish about their chances of unseating Kanjorski in 2008.
”A Lou Barletta gives you the opportunity to win this seat, which you just don’t get very often,” said state GOP spokesman Michael Barley.
This means that Pennsylvania’s Republican Party has a lot more sense than the National Party, something which one would doubt when looking at Sen. Arlen Specter.
Either Barletta is reading this blog, or he has the typical ambition of a typical politician to run for greener grass when he sees it.
