Crying Poverty

Bob Casey, Jr. needs money:

Rick Santorum has begun his campaign as we expected - by launching negative, untrue attack ads against Bob Casey. Santorum's latest attack comes in the form of radio ads, airing statewide, that attack Bob for supporting practical solutions and bipartisanship.

We need your help to fight back! We started airing a radio ad today to set the record straight and hold Santorum accountable. But we need you to pitch in NOW to help us keep this ad on the air.

Then to add insult to injury we get this flashback to the primary:

The lesson learned is that when you measure up Bob Casey next to Rick Santorum, Bob is the clear winner. We know that Bob's message wins. Now we need to find the resources to get that message out there and we need your help.

Why not just use "Conviction Wins" and be done with it.   But wait!  There's no time to lose!:

We will fight back with all of the force that we can muster. But the strength and depth of that force depends on you. Please make a contribution. There's no time to spare.

See, but here's the thing.  All during the primary all I heard is how much money Casey had.  Millions!  Millions!  Sure he may not be the candidate you want to represent you but nobody had a chance to beat him because of all the money.  Now it's not even a month later and he's asking me for donations to keep a radio ad on the air.

Open that magic checkbook, Bob.  That's what it's there for.

Comments

[carla]

Personally--I'd give the guy what he needs to win the friggin race. Getting Santorum the fuck out of dodge is a high priority item.

[eRobin]

You aren't alone, that's for sure. I left one of the campaign links in for people who want to give.

[A Big Fat Slob]

I'll give Casey a vote, but that's all he'll get from me.

I wouldn't shed a tear if he loses because I don't see much to gain from a Casey win.

While Casey's ad complains that Santorum votes with Bush 98% of the time, from his statements it seems clear that Casey would be well up there as well. As we know, he supports Bush on invading Iraq, staying in Iraq, no Iraq timeline, dropping nukes on Iran, the death penalty, no stem cell research, criminalizing abortion, and the list goes on and on and on.

(And I don't want to hear about taking back the Senate -- there are about 15 contested races, the Dems need to win 13 of them to take the Senate back.)

Pennsylvania could have done a lot better than Casey.

[DavidByron]

Why do Santorum's attack ads need to be both negative and untrue? Just a hard habit to break I guess.