More on the Casey-Santorum Bloodbath

It's standard procedure for both sides to declare victory after a debate. I'm used to that spin. There ought to be a law against spinning a bloodbath into a 'win'. Such is the case here:
"The first Senate debate between Bob Casey and Rick Santorum wasn't even close, Casey won," said Phil Singer, spokesman for the DSCC. "Santorum, looking unhinged, offered more of the same, while Bob Casey outlined a new direction and made the case for change. Casey went head to head on Santorum's home turf and got the better of him."
Mr. Singer must be a close relative, if not brother of Baghdad Bob, to be saying such nonsense. Either that or he's a bald-faced liar. That isn't spinning; that's lying. PERIOD. Casey lost the fight on his statement about Social Security alone. Here's that statement (and Tim Russert's reaction to it):
" I don't think you're talking about a crisis," the Democrat said during an hourlong debate yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Mr. Casey said the program, raided for years by federal lawmakers to pay for other government programs, will fix itself.

"So [we'll have] double the people on Social Security and Medicare, and life expectancy approaches 80. And the solution is 'do nothing'?" moderator Tim Russert asked. Mr. Casey suggested reinstating the estate tax and then hoping for a booming economy to "grow" the program out of the peril that actuarial tables and demographics predict.
Does that sound like Casey "went head to head on Santorum's home turf and got the better of him"? I'd say that he came as close as you could imagine to eliminating himself from serious consideration for election this fall. I'll guarantee that Kate Michelman and Co. won't be working overtime to get him elected. They'll let Santorum win and hope to beat him in 2012. Remember that she almost challenged him because he isn't pro choice enough for them.

Follow this link for more Casey-Santorum debate analysis. Frankly, I didn't think it was close. I thought it was almost a clean knockout with Casey leading with his chin most of the bout.

UPDATE : Welcome Santorum Blog readers. Check Santorum Blog out for a great roundup on the Santorum-Casey 'debate'.


Originally posted Monday, September 4, 2006, revised 05-Sep 6:40 AM

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