Senator Rick Santorum is our hot topic this week.
5: After years of investigation, Pittsburgh's celebrity coroner Cyril Wecht was finally indicted on a whopping 84 federal charges.
4: The potential loss of all Blackberry service could present a major problem for thumb-jockeys across Pennsylvania and down in Washington. If all suddenly goes quiet, you'll know why.
3: Much to our legislature's collective embarassment, the pay raise story just won't die. And for good reason...can you name one other accomplishment out of the General Assembly in 2005?
2: Senator Santorum is at the center of a national debate on ethics and government reform. Despite a not-insignificant "level of taint," Santorum is positioning himself as Capitol Hill's moral savior. It's the role he's been gearing up for his entire life, one that he no doubt hopes will carry him through his 2006 re-election campaign and, if he's lucky, straight into a possible White House run. He also gets MAJOR points for successfully baiting Bobby Casey into speaking out in support of Alito and picking up some union support.
1: Here's to an exciting and hopefully refreshing political year. With all this controversy, citizens are fired up and demanding changes and transparency in our commonwealth and in Washington. We're excited and cautiously optimistic about the latest mantle of reform, mostly because it's coming straight from the citizenry.
Re: On Thumb-jockeys and Moral Saviors
there was no reason why Casey should have felt pressure to endorse the alito nomination. and it was stupid to endorse him. first, i don’t think the electorate really cares either way except for politicos… Casey has the lead right now, he should act like the leader and demand things of Santorum
Re: On Thumb-jockeys and Moral Saviors
Completely agree. And honestly, I don’t think anyone really cared what Casey thought of Alito.
Re: On Thumb-jockeys and Moral Saviors
Oh…I don’t know…possibly the socially conservative Reagan Dems that he’s trying to win over? They may have at least a passing interest in the opinion Casey the Younger holds of soon-to-be Justice Alito. Eventually Bobby will be forced to open his mouth, although he’d prefer to maintain a blue-face until November. Why not opine on a Supreme Court appointment? “Mr. Casey, how would you vote?” This is an unreasonable question? Or is it the answer that everyone is afraid of? Are we terrified of offending the erudite suburbanites around the City of Brotherly Love? On the flip side, perhaps Casey doesn’t hold exactly the same staunch views as his courageous father (which is my hunch – Chuck Schumer would never hop in bed with a “hardline” pro-lifer). Santorum is doing exactly what he should do – force Casey to step out from under his self-imposed cloak of silence. Let’s get this race started.
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