Bad news for Specter: Only 28 percent want him re-elected

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June 25, 2009 at 9:46 am | Comments (3)

Casey says his support for Specter is strong

PITTSBURGH—Ever since Senator Arlen Specter switched parties, his Democratic colleague in the Senate, Bob Casey, has arguably been more quiet than most any elected official in  voicing support for Specter.

But Casey doesn’t see it that way. At the Democratic State Committee dinner here Friday night, Casey told pa2010.com that he’s backing Specter as much as anyone esle.

“I said from the beginning that I support him,” Casey said. “I hope he can avoid a…

June 5, 2009 at 7:57 pm | Comments (0)

Leftover QPoll numbers

A few more statistics from yesterday’s Quinnipiac poll, which showed Republican Pat Toomey

May 29, 2009 at 8:59 am | Comments (0)

Post-Obama world holds dangers for Democrats, too

Three more notes on the rapidly shifting, post-Obama political world and how it makes predictions so difficult:

First, very interesting

May 29, 2009 at 8:39 am | Comments (0)

Specter and Sotomayor

Interesting to see his response. I suspect he will ask all sorts of seemingly tough questions to demonstrate that he’s still a player, but hard to see him opposing her. He is too new as a Democrat and has already annoyed too many people on peripheral issues. Maybe he’ll go after anyone who questions her—a sort of Anita Hill in reverse, although one doubts that similar issues will arise.

Perhaps more interesting is the response…

May 27, 2009 at 7:33 am | Comments (0)

TV Roundup: Casey’s softer stance, Sestak’s ‘leaning’ and Wagner’s being coy

Senator Bob Casey on Sunday continued his more modest support of Senator Arlen Specter in the coming primary, saying on CNN that the Democratic Party shouldn’t be dictating which candidates can and can’t run next year.

“That’s really up to that candidate, to run or not run,” Casey pAuditor General Jack Wagner, meanwhile, was being coy about his own intentions. Even as party…

May 11, 2009 at 9:04 am | Comments (1)

Casey backing Specter

Senator Bob Casey had been surprisingly quiet ever since his Republican colleague Arlen Specter said he would switch sides and run for reelection as a Democrat.

But during an appearance on the Bill Press Show this morning, he made it clear that, like the rest of the state’s Democratic establishment, he’s behind Specter (hat tip to Politico).

“I’ll support him and it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have some work to do to go around…

May 1, 2009 at 10:48 am | Comments (8)