for some time, we've been told that the Democratic Party is backing Bob Casey against Santorum ... strong endorsements from leading Democrats, i believe including Howard Dean (is this correct?), have given other Democrats in the race a very tough hill to climb ... speaking just for myself, i don't like Party insiders funding candidates before a "fair fight" primary is held to determine the will of Democratic voters ... and, i especially abhor the Party pushing a candidate who doesn't just oppose abortion, he opposes the right to choose ... forcing a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term is barbaric ... in the past, Casey has argued that he opposes abortion even in the case of rape or incest ...
but we've been told over and over and over and over that we should not apply a litmus test to Casey ... we've been told that he's the only one who could beat the hideous Santorum ... we've been told to just shut up and go along so that Democrats could take back the Senate ... we've been called naive because we wanted the Party to represent our beliefs and that winning wasn't everything ...
well, not so fast ... the latest Zogby poll contains a few very surprising curiosities ... it seems like Casey's biggest challenger in the primary, Chuck Pennacchio, has fared better against Santorum (they both beat Santorum) than Casey did by 4.4% points ... not bad for an underdog who's been stabbed in the back by his own Party and has had an uphill campaign from day one ...
Casey is a ticking time bomb ... when voters become more familiar with him on the issues, he's going to lose ground in a hurry ... perhaps, just perhaps, we should let Democratic voters, not Party insiders, make these critical decisions ...
source:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rob_kall_060127_opednews_com_2f_zogby_.htmWhen people find out about candidate positions on key issues, Casey plummets from a twelve point lead to a dead heat, with a non-significant two point lead.
Santorum loses when matched with any of the democratic candidates. Both of the self-identified progressive democratic candidates draw higher percentages than Casey, with Pennacchio having the largest percentage of votes against Santorum, at a not quite significant 4.4 points higher than Casey. <skip>
OpEdNews.com's conclusion on this race - Santorum wants Casey as his opponent because he wins the demographic game. Casey loses massively in some categories, when voters find out about Casey, which Santorum will sure insure. For example, Casy's support among 18-24 year olds drops from 63% to 40%, with Protestants, it drops from 47.3% to 30%, with liberals, from 95.4% to 68%, with moderates, from 64% to 53%, but Casey actually gains support from conservates, going from 3.9% to 5%, a non-significant, but interesting finding.
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