Keystone Poll: Casey 51% Santorum 35%

Real Clear Politics ^ | November 10, 2005

[RWR8189]

Vote_Sen. If the election for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senator were being held TODAY and the candidates were Bob

Casey, Jr. and Rick Santorum, would you vote for...

March June Sept Nov

2005 2005 2005 2005

44% 44% 50% 51% Bob Casey, Jr.

43% 37% 37% 35% Rick Santorum

[RWR8189]

That makes two polls showing Santorum down quite substantially.

[Phantom Lord]

Damn you newbie!

Oh, wait. Thats another posters hyper reaction to these posts.

[HitmanLV]

Sounds about right.

[ElkGroveDan]

Thank You Karl Rove. We're going to wind up keeping Specter and lose Santorum. That's what arm twisting in the name of moderation gets you.

[new yorker 77]

Already painfully posted: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519687/posts

[RetiredArmy]

The RINOcrats. What the old republican party evolved into. Sadly, it will only get worse. Maybe it is truly time for conservatives to found a truly conservative party. This one surely ain't.

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

I do think part of this has to do with general conservative disgust with Republicans in general right now. Santorum is sort of an easy target, simply because he's been moving toward the center. He's mistaken if he thinks that is going to help him in Pennsylvania. First off, if he can't get the base, he's through. Most of Pa is very red. He needs to get those areas excited and willing to turn out in large numbers. Second, he needs to win Pittsburg. Pittsburg and Philly are blue but of the two, Pittsburg may be more amenable to making inroads. It's doubtful he'll make a dent in Philly, but he might be able to swing two or three of the suburbs, but again, moving to the middle isn't going to do it. He has to get a consistent message and he's got to start having more of a personal presence in the area. Press releases and emails won't do it.

One thing he might consider is making a statement in support of the new initiative by state Republicans to eliminate personal and business property taxes with a reduction of the state sales tax to 5% (although it would be expanded to cover services instead of just goods as it does now.) Although it's a state issue, it would play well and it would be popular with fiscal conservatives. Another thing he might do would be to team with Lynn Swann who is running for the Republican nomination for Governor for some outreach to the African-American community who actually share a lot of the same social values as Republicans. I doubt he'd do the latter because it would be tantamount to an endorsement of Swann over Scranton.

[AntiGuv]

That's not the same poll. The one at your link is the Rasmussen Poll. This is the Keystone Poll.

[neodad]

This is what he gets for sucking up to Imus.

[new yorker 77]

My mistake.

Either way, I don't care what Pennsylvaina does at this point.

Between Specter and Rendell, I expect that we will see the Electoral Value of Pennsylvania PLUMMET in coming census data.

[new yorker 77]

I hope Imus endorses every Democrat.

[new yorker 77]

I'm betting on his lung collapsing at least once next year.

[neodad]

LOL! He better stay out at his ranch.

[MplsSteve]

You could certainly do that.

Some Christian conservatives have indicated the same desire.

Before you do, read Chapter 12 of Hugh Hewitt's book "If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat".

Some conservatives may recoil at Hewitt's words - but they're actually true.

[Cindy_Cin]

I agree
Everyone gave Karl Rove credit for getting Bush elected.
It was talk radio that got Bush elected!

[Recovering_Democrat]

I believe it, sadly. C'mon Rick...make a case for yourself. Hey, maybe Arlen Specter can campaign for him.

[Cindy_Cin]

I like George Allen and Mike Pence
Tancredo also...But these guys seem to get shut out by
the RINOS in power
I like George Allen for president ~!

[Dane]

It's one year out and you all are freakin.

I guess if I did a poll and 65% of the respondents said that RWR8189 was going to get run over by a car in the next year, you would beleive it?

[Antoninus]

Ooh, the Dems are working overtime to defeat Santorum today. Well, you've only succeeded in getting his supporters REALLY charged up:

Read Rick's book, while you're at it:

Read Rick's book, while you're at it:

[Dane]

Another bash Santorum thread.