Joy in Pennsylvania
- 8 Nov 06, 03:17 AM
Lot of excitement at the campaign party for , the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, who has apparently won re-election.
Predictions that the ultra-conservative senator would pull out a come-back victory have come to naught as his Democratic challenger, , seems to have ridden his party's wave.
Democratic supporters here are effusive and optimistic, even though at this hour most of the returns for elections results are still coming in.
But they believe Bob Casey won because his relatively moderate stance on issues which mattered most to them - in contrast to Mr Santorum, whom they perceived as being too far to the right and too close to George W Bush.
Jonathan Beale is the 大象传媒's State Department correspondent.
The 大象传媒 is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
This is the 大象传媒's US mid-term elections blog, with analysis and comment from all the 大象传媒 journalists covering the polls.
Click here to meet our reporters, or here to find out how you can join in.
Archive
芦 November 2006
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
Being discussed now
-
About this blog (14)
-
Bush: No room to hide (36)
-
Macaca moment (5)
-
Sex, drugs and Ted Haggard (59)
-
Fathers and sons (7)
-
Good Night, and Good Luck (2)
-
Joy in Pennsylvania (11)
-
Rummy's firing squad (21)
-
Saddam, Hitler and Bush (60)
-
Rumsfeld: Open case (22)
More from each reporter
Latest election news
-
Profile of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, set to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. -
A guide to the people US President-elect Barack Obama has so far picked or proposed to work with him in his administration. -
A chronology of key events
The above are three recent stories about the US mid-term elections from .
Click for more.
颁辞尘尘别苍迟蝉听听Post your comment
Casey only wins b/c of his daddy's name. He is a stuffed shirt with little (if any) knowledge about the world outside of Pennsylvania.
Complain about this post
Santorum lost because the people of Pennsylvania will not vote for someone who doesn't care enough to actually live in the state. Santorum was a 'carpetbagger', plain and simple
Complain about this post
Not too mention Santorum's ridiculous Lord of the Rings metaphor for the war in Iraq fueling the fire of absurdity that engulfed the vast majority of this elections campaigns.
Complain about this post
Santorum lost because he is an arrogant fool and his personal views have no place in politics. The majority of those of us who live in Pennsylvania don't want him to intrude into our daily lives. That's why he lost.
Complain about this post
Santorum is one of those far-right wackos - that's why he lost. The tide that swept him in has reversed and swept him out. Casey has his faults - but at least he is one of us, a true Pennsylvanian from Scranton, a good old-school Irishman from coal country.
Complain about this post
i have read many news stories from the many talking heads about why santorum lost. he didn't just lose, he got trounced. there were many important reasons he lost: the economy, iraq, corruption, immigration, forcing his religious convictions onto others, his residing in virginia, stand in the forefront. he was on the wrong side of all of these. he will make a great lobbist and a terrible politican in the future.
Complain about this post
A case of GOP Cooties. Santorum lost because his outrageously insular views are an embarrassment to PA and no one wanted the state to be identified with Bush's primary poster boy for feckless stupidity and hubris. There is a God!
Complain about this post
Santorum lost because Pennsylvanians don't want to be represented by the mouthpiece of Sauron.
Complain about this post
Yes, there's joy in Mudville - mighty Casey knocked it out of the park!
Complain about this post
i felt as though the event that marked the swing away from the religious right for the nation was the federal court ruling against teaching "intelligent design" in the dover school district.
Complain about this post
Response to: (08 Nov 2006, Tatiana DeSouza)
You obviously don't know much about Pennsylvania. Name recognition influenced win, but it makes no GD sense to run as a rightwing-extremist in a moderate state. It makes no political sense.
Complain about this post