Radar Online: "Golden Boy" Santorum may not make it back to the Senate

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.radarmagazine.com/fresh-intelligence/#report_003645

Poor Rick Santorum. A few months ago, he was being hailed by his GOP brethren as a leading White House contender. Now it looks like the gay-bashing golden boy, who is running for a third term in Pennsylvania, may not even make it back to the Senate. According to a poll published yesterday in The Hill, the devoutly Catholic candidate is now trailing Democrat Bob Casey by 16 points. But as Santorum’s campaign has lost steam, Capital Hill sources say his support from RNC heavies has also evaporated. The blow-dried bible-thumper, who launched his campaign with a giant war chest, is also being deserted by the party’s major moneymen, who are focusing their largesse on more competitive candidates.

“This is how the Republicans operate,” sighs a veteran GOP campaign manager close to Santorum. “Even if you agree with their agenda, they’ll abandon you if you’re behind in the polls and move on to the next-most important race.”

Increasingly dubious about Santorum’s chances, Capitol Hill sources report GOP powerbrokers have refocused their attentions—and dollars—on Doug Forrester, a little-known party hack who’s currently embroiled in a dead heat race with multi-millionaire Democrat Jon Corzine for New Jersey’s governorship.

“The party is pouring millions of dollars in PAC money into Forrester’s coffers, but most of that money was previously earmarked for Rick,” reports a well-placed Republican senate staffer. “It’s disgusting. Rick used to be Bush’s biggest booster on issues like stem-cell research, Social Security, and the Iraq war. Now the White House won’t even take his phone calls.”

[Demit]

1. LOL! Mr. Persona non Grata. Couldn't happen to a nicer nutjob.

[xchrom]

2. could anything make me happier?

nope.

i hope many bad things happen to this man -- and that he suffers -- a lot.

[calimary]

3. Strike up those violins!

Poor little ricky. My heart just bleeds...


NOT!!!


It'd be nice to clear him out of the Senate. Lord only knows what mischief he'd be unleashed to do, then, though. I imagine he'll wind up on Pox "news" with his own show or prominent commentator position. Maybe they'll make him one of the regulars on the "Beltway Boys" or something. Or else he'll have a nice, cushy job with one of the hundred bajillion or so wrong-wing "think" tanks. And then, too, there's always dr. dobson and his "focus on the Pharisees"...

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Forrester is not "currently in a dead heat" with Corzine. Poll yesterday

had him pulling ahead.

Poll shows Corzine with breathing room

Thursday, October 20, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON - Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine has increased his narrow lead over Republican businessman Doug Forrester in New Jersey's gubernatorial race, thanks in part to negative advertising that may be hurting Forrester more and a shift in support of independent voters, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.


The poll of 702 likely voters, released Wednesday, has Corzine ahead 50 percent to 43 percent, with 7 percent undecided. A Sept. 28 Quinnipiac poll had Corzine with a 48 percent to 44 percent lead.

The latest poll, conducted Oct. 11-17, has a sampling error margin of plus or minus four percentage points.

"Senator Corzine's strength among independent voters is the main reason he has built a stronger lead in this campaign," said Clay F. Richards, the poll's assistant director. "Independents, often the swing vote in New Jersey campaigns, now back the senator 50 to 38 percent.


http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2Nzk0OTk4

[Coastie for Truth]

5. Poor Rickodemus I, Apostolic Bishop of Wilkins Township

But Rickodemus I doesn't surprise me.

His neighbors turned out Doug Walgren for Rickodemus I.

His fellow Pennsylvanians turned out Harris Wofford for Rickodemus I.

These are the same voters who gave us Tom Ridge, Pete Flaherty, and Tom Murphy.

I still have my "Pre-Need" "Family Plot" in Pennsylvania - so I get one more ride on USAir into PIT. And, I still drink IC and eat Arsenal Kolbassi -- but I haven't been able to find real "Jumbo" or "Chipped Chopped" for years

[Dulcinea]

6. Santorum is an embarrassment.

Goodbye & good riddance!