[Buckeye McFrog]

She was a Republican...but a tax-and-spend RINO Republican in the grand tradition of Ohio Gov. Taft. Do not think she would present as formidable a challenge as Casey would.

Interesting development. Makes me wonder if the medical prognosis on Snarlin' Arlen Specter is worse than we've been told, and if Hafer is expecting Eddie Rendell to name Casey as a replacement player before the election.

[old and tired]

if Hafer is expecting Eddie Rendell to name Casey as a replacement player before the election.

I just don't believe there's any chance Rendell would name Casey to dogcatcher, let alone senator. The Caseys and Rendell do not get along and Ed Rendell is fiercely pro-abortion. Babs Hafer is exactly the sort Fast Eddie would name to replace Specter.

[Antoninus]

She was a Republican...but a tax-and-spend RINO Republican in the grand tradition of Ohio Gov. Taft.

She's also of the Margaret Sanger school of family planning. I was never so happy as the day she changed parties. We don't need folks like Babs Hafer in the GOP.