Night Of The Living Democrats

Yes, Harry Fawkes, it’s true; at long last, we’ve delivered enough of our minions from that baad City of Philadelphia to conquer Bucks County, and we’re now poised to “cannibalize” our way into state, federal, and county government forever…BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

(OK, snark mode off – for now; based on this post that contains Fawkes’ excuse about the re-election of both Jim Cawley and Charley Martin as Bucks County Commissioners by a thinner margin than Fawkes would have liked; Martin should at the very least send a Christmas card to Jay Russell for each year he remains in office.)

All of this pertains to this Bucks County Courier Times story from today, telling us the following…

Don’t be surprised if Bucks and Montgomery County Democrats show up to work a bit foggy-headed this morning.

They had reason to celebrate Monday when word spread that registered Democrats overtook Republicans by a combined 11,000 voters in the two counties — 7,533 in Montgomery and 3,472 in Bucks.

That’s big news for former Republican strongholds where the GOP retains the majority of county commissioners and has held the registration advantage for decades in Bucks and for as long as anyone can remember in Montgomery.

This is what happens when you remain tethered to a political party utterly hijacked by clueless ideologues who believe that they will remain in power forever (and we’re going to keep “banging at the door” of the Commissioners’ HQ in Doylestown with our candidates until we get our majority, Harry; it’s not too early to start planning for ’09).

And by the way, this notes a guy who would have been ideal for you to replace Jim Greenwood in the U.S. House had you not passed him over for Mike Fitzpatrick in ’04 (his brand of common-sense moderation would play pretty well with registered Repugs about now, I think).

Update 4/9/08: Oh, and just to let you know, that “virus” from those “bad Philadelphians” seems to be spreading; the Inquirer reports here that…

For the first time in the history of Chester and Delaware Counties, the Republican Party cannot claim the majority of registered voters, having been supplanted by a combination of Democrats, independents, and other party affiliations.

And what do the Repugs think of that?

Jay Johnston, chairman of the Norwood Republican Party in Delaware County, said he was not worried. Philadelphians moving into the lower part of the county tend to hang on to their Democratic registration, he said, but they would vote for the Republicans in local races, such as borough council.

"They see them do the job and do it well," he said. "Most people don't take their party seriously."

We’ll find out on November 4th, won’t we, Jay?

Update 4/10/08: Daily Kos blogger smintheus has more.