Reply #6: Not a political expert but would like to see some breakdown of numbers...

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

I believe that part of 'blue' Pennsylvania's recent history in voting, at least at the Presidential level, is the socially liberal/fiscally conservative model. The 'Rockefeller Republicans' haven't voted for a Republican POTUS since 88 and have aligned themselves with the Democrats. Maybe the Democrats have the numbers to elect Casey Jr. without any help from the moderate Republicans but I would like to see the breakdown of numbers. Looking on the DU forum, I noticed that a larger percentage of Democrats voted for Santorum in 02 than they did for Specter in 2000 (the information on the DU campaigns hasn't been updated for 04 yet, at least for PA)...I can't understand that one unless it was just a matter of who the Dems were running in the campaign.

I think Santorum is vulnerable in a number of areas, including the recent cyberschool scandal. But I would most like to see his record of voting on pork spending and his regressive politics on social issues exploited in the next campaign...Is Casey Jr also socially regressive but a big fiscal spender (he just spends on different areas)???? I don't know his politics, but I do remember his father.