tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176003302008-01-08T20:28:18.178-05:00AlexCBlogger1257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1168452339900097422007-01-10T13:05:00.000-05:002007-01-10T13:05:39.903-05:00

Former PA Sen. Rick Santorum will join us on the talk show today to talk about his new job in Washington. He has always been outspoken when it come to the war on terror. Despite his recent election loss he continues to identify, study, and heighten awareness of the threats to America and the West from a growing array of anti-Western forces and states that increasingly cast a shadow over our

Powerballtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1159926149659401792006-10-03T21:40:00.000-04:002006-10-03T21:42:29.713-04:00

Those of you that are regular readers know that I haven't exactly shied away from criticizing Senator Rick Santorum. You've certainly rarely, if ever, seen me rush to his defense. Tonight, though, I feel compelled to do so as Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory fires a salvo at Rick that is ridiculous, ignorant, and a quiet revelation of everything that is wrong with the Democratic party today.

PennConservativetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153521844344038862006-07-21T18:38:00.000-04:002006-07-21T18:44:04.376-04:00

"Show me the Banana Fish! ...ya sick freaks..." Now for something relevant (click the banana fish picture to vote in a poll on President Bush's veto)

Julian Stolztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153489875180449532006-07-21T09:22:00.000-04:002006-07-21T11:57:53.596-04:00

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review doesn't get President Bush's veto: "The president believes his Iraq policy -- the faraway defense of the American homeland, the destruction of tyranny and the spread of democracy -- is worth killing and dying for. That's the price that has to be paid to achieve a more important goal, even if innocent civilians also are caught up in the carnage unleashed by the war.

John Lewandowskitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153462708124003452006-07-21T02:16:00.000-04:002006-07-21T12:21:22.330-04:00

Dale Light comments on the wednesday's Santorum speech in a political context. Not bad, and strategically well conceived. Rick has taken a clear and important stand -- one that will appeal to conservatives in his Party. Now let's see how Casey responds to it. There is a trap here for Casey -- he cannot allow himself to be identified with the anti-war wing of his Party, nor can he defend the

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153462354136611922006-07-21T02:11:00.000-04:002006-07-21T02:12:34.180-04:00

Former SantorumBlogger Tim Chapman writes at Human Events... The instigators all have one thing in common: they hate America and western values. Gingrich’s arguments were bolstered on Thursday by the third-ranking Senate Republican. Pennsylvania’s Rick Santorum delivered a major policy speech in Washington at the National Press Club. Santorum told attendees that “the biggest issue facing our

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153444634887448352006-07-20T21:06:00.000-04:002006-07-21T00:10:38.183-04:00

I waiver between declaring "liberal media bias" and "lazy media stupidity" sometimes. Here's an example of the latter. They're running neck-and-neck in the polls and fighting a vicious TV ad war. But Sen. Rick Santorum and challenger Bob Casey are also running very close in the race for cash. Ok. I'm a Santorum supporter, but usually neck and neck means that the lead trades back and forth, or

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153421201864911962006-07-20T14:45:00.000-04:002006-07-20T14:58:11.276-04:00

National Review Online has the text of Senator Santorum's address to the National Press Club up. Paradoxically, when we refuse to criticize anybody, we end up patronizing everyone, which is offensive to everyone and self-defeating. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech, and traps us in the discredited nonsense of moral equivalence. This war is not between two morally equivalent sides; it's a

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153416071341912812006-07-20T13:18:00.000-04:002006-07-20T13:21:11.353-04:00

Alexander McClure at Wizbang has some doubts about this morning's poll. First, we see that Rendell's approval rating actually went down; yet, Lynn Swann was the one whose numbers fell. At the same time, Rick Santorum, whose disapprovals fell 3 points, made no progress against Bobby Casey, Jr. and actually slid a point. Second, and even more important, is the sample of voters that this poll is

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153415543265325902006-07-20T13:05:00.000-04:002006-07-20T13:12:24.713-04:00

Sixers' co-blogger Greg Pollowitz points to some pessimism over at DailyKos. One of the reasons, I am pessimistic about November is that I don't see Democrats turning out in huge numbers in the contests we've had so far. Democrats are so afraid to lead and inspire, that rank and file Democrats are unmotivated to turn out. And it won't matter how poorly Republicans do, and how many

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153414280583642582006-07-20T12:49:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:51:20.626-04:00

Casey 50% Santorum 40% This poll was done July 14-16 among 1200 likely voters.

Julian Stolztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153413280399663892006-07-20T12:33:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:34:40.403-04:00

There's a new "Where's Casey?" out. It's about the statewide bus tour to visit the voters. You know about the bus tour? It's the one NOT visiting Pittsburgh or Philadelphia area.

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153413050400230102006-07-20T12:30:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:30:50.403-04:00

Patriot-News We all know that families are faltering in our country as divorce rates are high, young women become pregnant, and as children become felons at young ages. In opposing these trends, Sen. Rick Santorum has been a champion in efforts to strengthen families. He has been a vocal advocate of the National Fatherhood Initiative, which works to increase the proportion of children growing up

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153412684582814432006-07-20T12:23:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:26:43.313-04:00

USA Today People on both sides of the immigration debate agree it could help decide this fall's elections. "After the Iraq war, it is the issue that is paramount on everybody's mind," says House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., agrees: "It's obviously the No. 2 issue in the country." McCain, President Bush and Democrats such as Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153412527655273622006-07-20T12:21:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:22:07.656-04:00

LifeNews The Senate plans to vote on Thursday on a measure that would help uphold parental involvement laws that require notifying or getting permission from a teenager's parents before she can have an abortion. The bill is designed to prohibit taking teens to other states for secret abortions without parental knowledge. A leading pro-life group says Senate Democrats are holding up the bill and

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153412382848702182006-07-20T12:16:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:19:42.853-04:00

Americans for Limited Government... [Bob Casey] wants government to be run more like a business. Now, this is a common notion, and insofar as it's a call for budget-cutting and the like, okay. But government agencies are not run on a profit-and-loss basis. They are much less flexible than businesses. And if they squander taxpayer money, what happens is that they just get more taxpayer money

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153412008936436532006-07-20T12:12:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:13:28.940-04:00

Israpundit was at the Christians United for Israel dinner, and writes it up. As Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania said to the vast audience; ‘the enemy [are] Islamic fascists’ and that the ‘war on terrorism is disinformation.’ Given the current crisis in the Middle East Santorum pointed to ‘Iran as the genesis of the problem.’ He noted that the Islamic Republic in Iran requires all university

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153411725658860012006-07-20T12:01:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:14:34.693-04:00

Tribune-Review drags this silly number out. Swann and Santorum are trailing badly in their respective races against Democrat Gov. Ed Rendell and state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. Pardon us -- and, yes, we know the long-shot nature of our speculation -- but given Swann garnered 22,000 more votes statewide than Santorum in the May primary, perhaps the concern should be that Santorum will hurt Swann.

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153410397535539172006-07-20T11:42:00.000-04:002006-07-21T00:05:17.650-04:00

A new Strategic Vision poll is up today, Casey at 50%, Santorum at 40%. Almost no change since the last poll one month ago, which showed 49% - 40%. The margin of error is three points. Senator Santorum's approval is 46%/46%, a slight improvement from 46%/49%, if only because 3% less Pennsylvanians disapprove of him. Amnesty (a result of the Casey supported Senate immigration bill) still polls

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153351968587546852006-07-19T19:18:00.000-04:002006-07-19T19:32:48.666-04:00

Today, President Bush vetoed a bill which would have approved the use of federal money for embryonic stem cell research. In other words, federal tax dollars - your money - would have been spent on something which is equivalent to abortion in that both ESCR and abortion result in the death of an early human life. So much for the mantra, "Don't want an abortion? Don't have one!" All are made

John Lewandowskitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153353299711372432006-07-19T19:14:00.000-04:002006-07-19T19:54:59.783-04:00

Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review writes about the Democrats' recent actions in Congress. Proponents of embryo-destroying research lost one of their favorite knee-jerk rhetorical points on Tuesday, as they succeeded in killing a bill that would have funded alternatives to embryo-destroying research. It’s hard to dismiss your opponents as “anti-science” when you’ve voted against it yourself.

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153340409102453712006-07-19T16:14:00.000-04:002006-07-19T16:20:09.133-04:00

Chuck Schumer, who you may remember picked Bob Casey, on the Democrat Party's agenda. "We stopped being Democrats talking to small people on the issues" as Reagan so effectively did, he argued. Then he launched into a monologue on his party's failure -- and the Republicans' success -- in communicating to average voters about the day-to-day matters that concern them most. Schumer cited the

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153327675466522032006-07-19T12:43:00.000-04:002006-07-19T12:47:55.553-04:00

This from PennLive: "What Are The Odds? PA Gaming Board Running Out Of Money The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which oversees what is expected to be a lucrative slot-machine gambling industry in the state, is trying to conserve its dwindling supply of cash as it awaits more state money. While aides to Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell are promising more money for the board, Republican

Julian Stolztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153325838373926242006-07-19T12:14:00.000-04:002006-07-19T12:17:18.436-04:00

1210 WPHT's Dom Giordano writes in the Evening Bulletin. This initiative [English only documents, fining landlords & punishing business] has emboldened great numbers of small-to medium-sized cities to go to the mayor's Web site to get a blueprint to adopt similar laws in their towns. The demand was so great that overwhelming Internet traffic choked the W ebsite. It has now been learned that Mayor

AlexCtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600330.post-1153325568172045182006-07-19T11:57:00.000-04:002006-07-19T12:12:48.206-04:00

Intelligencer Journal reports on a Veterans for Santorum rally in Lancaster yesterday. At issue were Casey's stances on national security. Or, according to the veterans, the lack thereof. Reminiscent of accusations during the 2004 presidential election that Sen. John Kerry "flip-flopped" on whether to invade Iraq, the Santorum camp is trying to stamp Casey as indecisive. At the Penn Square

AlexC