I don’t think Roggio gets into the race. If he was going run, he would already be running — as he basically says in the article.

What does this do to others who might be considering the race like Dinniman?

You’d think it would scare someone like Dinniman a lot, because if both he and Roggio run they split the Chester vote and Pike seems to be very strong early in the other two counties (Montgomery and Berks).

[...] Roggio hasn’t ruled out another run for Gerlach’s seat… [...]

Roggio put himself out there last time. While that doesn’t exactly make him the “incumbent” candidate, he is certainly entitled to throw his hat into the ring.
What I would NOT like to see is an expensive primary fight that drains Dem resources. This is my big objection to the Specter/Sestak primary in that it will drain Dem resources. If Roggio, Pike and Dinniman can keep their primary expenditures down and NOT engage in divisive politics, I have no problem with a little constructive competition.

David: The problem with that analysis is that people get into the race for one reason, to win. So, it always ends up draining resources.

You both have a point, but Win, Dave is right. If one candidate is clearly superior, why waste the time, just to give it a good go? That wastes resources that the Dems. could save for the general.

Bob Roggio knows what it is like to run a serious campaign, and running against Gerlach was no picnic. If Roggio were to jump in to this race I would think anyone previously endorsing Pike would have to rethink their endorsement. It is still early enough that the voters have not engaged in this race and have little vested with Pike who has just shown up in the last few months to run. He has no track record in Chester County and other than his personal financial contribution to the race, has limited experience in raising money. Roggio would be the front runner should he decide to get in. Other than the resources needed to run a primary, I think it will benefit whoever wins to have the visibility in the primary, especially since the Republicans will have a heated primary.

contactsport, AKA Bob Roggio.

Roggio!
sorry-you have the wrong number

taking an endorsement back would be pretty foul and give little meaning to any further endorsements

Win-
Hate to burst your bubble, but there are some candidates that fundamentally disagree with big, loud, expensive (and divisive) primary campaigns.
These are the candidates I prefer.

Unless there is some major hot-button issue where the candidates disagree, there’s no reason that they can’t meet and discuss the issues with voters in a cordial atmosphere that builds party unity.

Also, this far out from the primary and even the petition/nomination process, there is plenty of time to see if one candidate is far superior.

However-
It wouldn’t be exactly taking back an endorsement-it might just be that once there is a choice, the endorser might need to revisit that decision based on new information not available at the time of endorsement. Or just lay low.
Pike has not raised that much money from individuals-most of the money on his fundraising report was a personal gift to his campaign. Money is not everything in a race-without the voters’ support, demonstrated by small donations, the candidate will not get the votes necessary to win. Roggio might have that advantage, since he ran before, has name recognition, and did better than the CW expected in 2008.

contactsport-even if you are not Bob, please remove your rose-colored glasses.