Santorum - Casey - Mysteries Of The Campaign - More on Limbaugh
Word has it that the Rick Santorum campaign has asked Arlen Specter to help out in the final days of the campaign, especially in the Philadelphia area. The only question posed by most political experts is why the Senator has waited so long to ask. Specter has reportedly offered his support, but his offer was politely refused earlier in this campaign.
Another mystery - why did Santorum pull his ads off of over-the-air TV (as opposed to Cable) this past week? Is he saving it for the end? Or perhaps stashing it away for another campaign at another time? And why has he decided to suddenly push national security as a main campaign theme, when all the polls show that Republicans are not scoring on defense issues anymore, especially with the Iraq mess ? Maybe he’s appealing to his conservative base, especially in central Pennylvania, where Casey is running strong.
I am puzzled. But I guess that is why I’m a reporter, not a highly paid campaign mogul. And who am I to say? I’ve never been elected to anything.
On the Casey side: it took the campaign forever to promote the one difference between Casey and Santorum on the pro-life agenda - Casey supports contraception and the morning after pills, which Santorum mainly opposes it.
Both candidates have large and great families. Families are good politics. Where are they?
No warm and fuzzy moments in this campaign, where the candidates, as I have learned, really don’t like each other.
Finally, another note on Rush Limbaugh. The Republicans might have a better chance of holding on to control if they ask Rush to take a vacation till November 8th. He is doing a wonderful job of helping the Democrats.
In fact, come to think of it, his ratings might go up if the Democrats win. He needs someone in power to bash. And things have not been the same for Limbaugh since Bill Clinton left office.
