GOP pretty glum about Santorum

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451217/posts#comment?q=1

The batshit crazy wing is clearly losing its hard-on for Ricky.

Hopefully that won't deter them from pouring money into an unwinnable race.

Best point:

"Where I lived in South Central PA always seemed to like the Casey name when his dad was governor and it is a fairly Conservative area...."

Also, this one's a real gem:

"No thanks to the "all or nothing" conservatives that still refuse to support Santorum due to his support of Specter over Toomey."

And a few have resorted to just making shit up:

"Much of his Negative rating is from his own base that will come around in the end though it may not be enough."

Hmmmm ... are the moderate GOPers beginning to see the forst among those tress?

This pretty much covers everything.

Once Casey gets a few public speaking lessons under his belt, maybe he bhe taught to hold back enough to keep the GOP dumping money into this race.

Casey ran a great campaign for attorney general.  Lots of "what I did" points from his time as auditor general, and a good emphasis on a nice-looking family that presents all that is right with America.

Casey is going to take a lot of GOP votes from Santorum.

The GOPers do toss out a legit word of warning: "Santorum needs a lot of help to win. If the Rats implode over abortion, it MIGHT work if the primary is nasty."

But don't sweat it too much.  Casey has a hell of a record on labor issue.  Give Casey his due: he's truly pro-life, in the sense that he wants those non-abortions to grow up and lead successful, fulfilling lives.

Yep.  Scary.  The Dems just selling themselves as good people.

It worked for W, and he's a fucking cokehead who dodged military service and got an old girlfriend an abortion.

It's worth a try for Casey.  Plus, Casey has never shown up in public drooling in a drug stupor.  

You never know.  It just might work: a sober, clean, decent American politician.

Americans -- especially centerist and conservative Americans -- want to know what is right with America.

The Democratic Party could do a lot to let America know what's right by getting behind Casey.


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Casey Rules (none / 0)

He only needs even money to steamroll Santorum.  If we can raise over 100k for Hackett in a few weeks, we can sure as hell raise a million for Casey over the next year.
John McCain wants to stay in Iraq for a century.
by jkfp2004 on Wed Jul 27, 2005 at 12:20:48 AM EST

Re: Casey Rules (none / 0)

Correction: Over $200K for Hackett!!!

So yeah, we can raise much more for Casey, especially given that Casey's chances are about a gazillion times better than Hackett's.

by raginillinoian on Wed Jul 27, 2005 at 01:10:19 AM EST
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Once things get rolling (none / 0)

Casey will get the money.

In fact, I'm still convinced the GOP is doing themselves wrong by coughing up so much money to single candidates before they really know what the deal is.

The fundraising gap is always going to look bad initially for Dems, because we don't have the ready source of gigantic outlays for cash.

On the other hand, as the Hackett race has proven, donkeys seem to race better down the stretch.

Properly managed, this is actually a giant advantage.  While the GOP ends up locking large amounts of cash into candidates early on, we have flexibility.

Casey-Santorum is a great example.  If this proves to be a walk for Casey, the DNC, et al will have a great deal of flexibility to move cash to more needy candidates.

On the other hand, whether Santorum tanks or takes over, that money will be harder to move around.

Likewise, individual candidates always feel more vulnerable financially than they are.  So, once they have cash in hand, they'll be reluctant to part with it.

If the Dems play this smart, this can prove to be a big long-term advantage.

by jcjcjc on Wed Jul 27, 2005 at 02:07:09 AM EST
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Truly Pro-Life? (3.00 / 0)

Equals pro-death penalty without moratorium.

I hope he beats Santorum, but with all due respect, Casey still stinks.

Tim

by Tim Tagaris on Wed Jul 27, 2005 at 02:31:48 AM EST

His dad was a little closer to right (none / 0)

I'll concede that.

However, since I suspect we both voted for Clinton, it's probably not too good an idea to over-read the death penalty issue.

The death penalty is one of those crude, misunderstood bright ideas that makes America a real beacon of light to the world.

Ugh . . .

I agree that the death penalty is shit, but nothing in the current environment is going to change that.

What I meant though was that Casey's position on abortion combined with his position on labor issues and social programs gives him a much more righteous claim to the term "pro-life" than 99% of the GOP-martyr demo has.

by jcjcjc on Wed Jul 27, 2005 at 01:33:46 PM EST
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