Pennsylvania Senate Race
This is the next part in my series about Senate Races going on in 2006. I guess I could call it Better Know a Senate Race :)
Next up is the Pennsylvania Race. This race is between the incumbent Republican Rick Santorum, and the Democrat Challenger Bob Casey.
Rick Santorum is the third highest ranking Republican Senator in the Senate. He is also one of the most conservative senators in the country, and one of the most unpopular. For a while, his opponent's strategy was to do nothing, and let Santorum destroy his own camapaign. Since Santorum is involved in many scandals, and believes that same sex marriage leads to people having sex with animals, he generally does get into a great deal of trouble.
However, Santorum has spent a great deal of money on campaign commercials,and has managed to get to within five percentage points (earlier in the summer, Casey was normally up by double digits). And there's a new wild card in the mix: The Green Party. This is the party of Ralph Nader (who has run for president in 2000 and 2004).
The Green Party is also running a candidate in the race, but they needed about 66,000 dollars to do so. The strange thing is, 65,970 of the money came from the Republican Party. Since the Green Party is made of people who believe that Democrats and Republicans are the same, it seems strange they would accept money from one of the parties. If this story is true, it does make one wonder.
It is thought that the Republicans have done this because they hope the greens will take enough votes from the democrats that Santorum will squeak by.
So a race that two months ago had seemed to be pretty much over, has some life in it after all.
Next up is the Pennsylvania Race. This race is between the incumbent Republican Rick Santorum, and the Democrat Challenger Bob Casey.
Rick Santorum is the third highest ranking Republican Senator in the Senate. He is also one of the most conservative senators in the country, and one of the most unpopular. For a while, his opponent's strategy was to do nothing, and let Santorum destroy his own camapaign. Since Santorum is involved in many scandals, and believes that same sex marriage leads to people having sex with animals, he generally does get into a great deal of trouble.
However, Santorum has spent a great deal of money on campaign commercials,and has managed to get to within five percentage points (earlier in the summer, Casey was normally up by double digits). And there's a new wild card in the mix: The Green Party. This is the party of Ralph Nader (who has run for president in 2000 and 2004).
The Green Party is also running a candidate in the race, but they needed about 66,000 dollars to do so. The strange thing is, 65,970 of the money came from the Republican Party. Since the Green Party is made of people who believe that Democrats and Republicans are the same, it seems strange they would accept money from one of the parties. If this story is true, it does make one wonder.
It is thought that the Republicans have done this because they hope the greens will take enough votes from the democrats that Santorum will squeak by.
So a race that two months ago had seemed to be pretty much over, has some life in it after all.
posted by Ryan Wilson at 5:24 PM
2 Comments:
Uhhh... this comment doesn't really have to do with your post, mostly cuz I don't really understand it... but, nice seeing you this wknd, hope you come back soon!
HAHA... I finally found your blog! And I am completely satisfied to see a blog about Senate Race... if I expected to see this blog from anywhere it would be here... THANKS RYAN!
p.s. Could you be able to visit Toronto for October weekend (6th -8th)? I want to see you!!
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