wrote in message
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...has yer boy Arlen slipped a gear...? No, no shtick because of the
party
switcheroo, but because of comments like Kemp being alive if the GOP had
allowed
more funding of cancer research, and this lack of funding is one of the
reasons
he switched. I saw a report that said that gov't funding of cancer
research
went from 2 to 3 bil under Clinton and from 3 to almost 5 under Bush
(close
enough to about the same rate of increase, with Bush's tenture getting a
slight
nod), but IAC, certainly no lack of funding under Bush. Apparently, he's
making
this a (big?) part of his 2010 campaign, but ??? It's a worthy cause, but
is it
really all that big an issue _for his re-election?


Healthcare research has always been a big thing for him.
Both personal and practical politics.....Between the big University
Hospitals in Philly, Pittsburgh, State College and Hershey, a lot of pharma
R and D scattered statewide, it sells well. Sure, there WAS funding under
Bush, but with little thanks to the GOP, especially Senators, who ****ed old
Arlen off by obstruction tactics
(not all, BTW, there are a handful of GOP allies, but most such funding gets
sponsored and passed by Dems.
hth....................Tom