Saw this
blurb from AP in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's update box, and it made me smile.
HARRISBURG -- The Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate has too few valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 7 ballot, a lawyer for state Democrats told a judge yesterday.
A review of Carl Romanelli's nominating petitions has found more than 29,000 invalid signatures -- which would leave Romanelli about 2,900 short of the 67,070-signature threshold he must meet to remain on the ballot, said the attorney, Clifford Levine.
If the Dem position pans out, it's clearly the end of the line for Romanelli's fake campaign.
But here's the part that made me smile. The entire article is a mere 6 paragraphs, but closes with this:
Mr. Casey's campaign and the state Democratic Party have accused Mr. Santorum of engineering the candidacy of Mr. Romanelli, a railroad industry consultant from Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Santorum has openly supported Mr. Romanelli's candidacy and Republicans helped bankroll his signature-gathering effort.
If AP is picking up on Santorum counting on a fake, astroturf candidate to siphon off enough of his opponent's votes to get reelected, Senator Man-On-Dog's (R-
PaVa) days as a US Senator are numbered.