We've got a close eye on Washington state. It seems to me that people there are rejecting the Republican agenda.

What people in Washington are saying is that Fitzpatrick simply could not stand up to the pressure of the Republican leadership when they demanded that he vote with them, meaning that on such a vital vote for his district, he prioritized the Republican Party marching orders over the interests of his own constituents and his own principles. People in Pennsylvania's 8th district have to worry that if Fitzpatrick caved in to GOP leadership pressure on CAFTA, what might he do on a whole host of other issues on which he has committed to his voters but which are not in line with the Republican leaders' positions.

They wanted to get Republican or Republican-leaning people out to vote.

When he's down in Washington, he basically does what his Republican leaders tell him to do. And when he postures for the folks back home, it's always on a losing effort.

The Republican Party believes that people shouldn't leave their moral and spiritual beliefs at the door of the polling place. We're just appealing to one of our constituencies, just as the Democrat Party does. ... The Democrats may feel it's more profitable to go and do voter registration drives at a homosexual convention. We feel more comfortable going to churches.

All these [results] suggest unstable days ahead in the Republican caucus.