Democrats say GOP is assisting Casey foe - The Green candidate refused a call to quit

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Carrie Budoff and Mario Cattabiani

[dirtboy]

HARRISBURG - Six staffers on Sen. Rick Santorum's campaign - including an intern who tailed Democratic candidate Bob Casey Jr. in a duck costume - collected voter signatures to help place the Green Party on the fall ballot.

The intern, petitions show, collected signatures from voters in five counties in one day.

T.J. Rooney, the state Democratic Party chairman, and other Democrats disclosed details of the petition drive that they said offered further evidence of involvement from Santorum supporters to get Carl Romanelli, the Green Party's Senate candidate, on the ballot. Not only did Santorum aides help collect signatures for Romanelli, but Republicans and Santorum supporters put more than $60,000 into the petition drive.

It's examples such as the apparent one-person, five-county petition tour - plus unregistered voters, multiple signatures by the same person, and fake names - that could form the basis of a challenge, Rooney said. John Michael Glick - the Santorum intern who has worn a duck costume to hound Casey for "ducking" issues - appeared to have collected signatures in Beaver, Washington, Fayette, Juniata, and Schuylkill Counties, Rooney said.

[Brilliant]

Cry babies.

[Graybeard58]

Democrats say GOP is assisting Casey foe

So what?

[Jameison]

"Democrats say GOP is assisting Casey foe"

That's bad how?
The RATS do that all the time, including helping Pat Buchanan in 2000.
Not to mention the pathetic RATS are doing everything in their power to keep Tom Delay on the ballot box in Texas.
Meanwhile, Santorum is rapidly closing up in the polls.

[siunevada]

unregistered voters, multiple signatures by the same person, and fake names

No Poaching Allowed. These techniques are only for Democrats.

[Reform4Bush]

Oh, that's just terrible.

Why can't they just break into their HQ and cut the phone lines or slash a few tires, now THAT is FAIR and BALANCED campaigning.

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[JLAGRAYFOX]

Why the fuss from the Democrat "Traitor/Treason" Party. I though Democrat vermon, Casey had this senate race al;l wrapped up?

[goldstategop]

These are the same Democrats who forced Tom DeLay to stay on the ballot in Texas and denied the Republican Party the right to choose a replacement candidate. The shoe's on the other foot and its time for them to sit down and shut up.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[kempster]

Is it Rick Santorum's fault that the Democrats have aligned themselves with a bunch of loonies.

What was the difference between this and the Dems who helped to get Ross Perot on the 1992 ballot?

[Paladin2]

Aren't the 'Rats in favor of more choice?

[Mark was here]

The intern, petitions show, collected signatures from voters in five counties in one day.

Around here in the Detroit area, they usually have 3 or 4 copies of the petitions, and you are asked to sign the one for the county you are registered to vote in. Someone from Oakland could sign the Oakland petition while standing in Macomb. In other words the petitions do not ask where you are when you fill it out, only what county you are registered to vote in.

The fact that an intern collected signatures from people who were registered in 5 different counties does not mean he actually was in the 5 places.

[bilhosty]

At least they didn't stuff the ballot box.

[italianquaker]

we wouldnt want anyone to be disenfranchised, now would we?