Let's keep it simple.
Santorum is scum and we all want to see him go away.
Is the best way to do this to support scum with a (D) after his name and who will vote our way on Social Security ?
I do not think so. Even the much reviled he-who-cannot-be-named-Lieberman is more progressive than this clown and I, for one, would prefer that when I speak of the unpleasant task of cleaning up I am referring to a Republican, not a Democrat.
But let us let a few of Mr. Caseys' Dem supporters speak for themselves.
Not every single Democrat is a pro-choice, pro-gay super liberal. There is a large group of Reagan Democrats that are needed to win, and Rick Santorum versus some pointy head from an art school, or Rick Santorum versus Bob Casey?
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/3/25/165623/726/16/
One thing Casey needs to do is assuage the gay rights and abortion fanatics that he is not going to outlaw Roe V Wade or completely oppose all gay rights. . . .
But Casey needs to do something to appease the fanatical left who does not like him and views him as unpure (because he does not support the far left position on everythign 100% of the time).
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/3/25/165330/388/3/