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« Reply #325 on: October 19, 2012, 11:10:15 PM »


When one thinks about it, that is pathetic. Casey had no place letting this campaign become even remotely close enough to warrant releasing internals. And besides that, an internal where he's only up by 13 when he should be up by 30+?

Dear God, Bob, you make Martha Coakley look like candidate of the year!

Casey shouldn't be leading by over thirty points. You can make the case that he should be up about 60%-40% but not more. Smith could always count on enough straight ticket voters to at least break 40%.

I meant in his internal. Thus why it's laughable. Tongue

Either way, Casey can keep this horrid campaign up all the way 'til election day, for all I care. I welcome any hilarity to help numb the fact that we're screwed no matter who wins the race for Pres. Cheesy

I figured you might have meant in his internals but that's still a stretch. Tongue

By the way, even the press is poking fun at Casey's non-campaign. The Allentown Morning Call ran a story with the headline, "Casey holds rare campaign event." The content of the write up was even more pathetic than what we've been reading the past few days: Casey was confronted about not running a campaign to which he responded that he's been busy fundraising to compete with Smith's self financing. That's why he can't have a ton of events. Uh...might want to think twice before using that excuse, Bobby, when you're failing in the cash haul, too.
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« Reply #326 on: October 22, 2012, 03:10:48 PM »

Republicans find new hope in Pennsylvania - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82667.html

"Step it up," was one message Democratic officials delivered to Casey recently...
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« Reply #327 on: October 23, 2012, 04:42:44 PM »

Harry Reid's Super PAC placed an ad buy in Pittsburgh. They're worried.
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« Reply #328 on: October 24, 2012, 12:50:08 PM »

Harry Reid's Super PAC placed an ad buy in Pittsburgh. They're worried.

How much of a campaign account is Casey sitting on? It must be several million.
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« Reply #329 on: October 24, 2012, 01:27:25 PM »

Harry Reid's Super PAC placed an ad buy in Pittsburgh. They're worried.

How much of a campaign account is Casey sitting on? It must be several million.

Yep.

Casey released a new ad in response to the "Most Ineffective Senator" label - http://earlyreturns.post-gazette.com/home/early-returns-posts/4940-new-casey-biker-ad-defends-record
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« Reply #330 on: October 26, 2012, 09:08:44 AM »

Debate day. Won't air until Sunday though. I'm sure we'll hear of any news that comes out of it before Sunday but don't expect anything.
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« Reply #331 on: October 26, 2012, 03:21:05 PM »

Smith reportedly forgot one of the questioners name twice and Casey interrupted Smith at one point, followed by an "awkward silence." Yep. Pretty expected "highlights."  Tongue
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« Reply #332 on: October 26, 2012, 03:46:55 PM »

PoliticsPA reports that the NRSC is dropping $500k here.
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« Reply #333 on: October 26, 2012, 03:52:01 PM »

Well Indiana is now gone, so I guess they have to spend money somewhere.
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« Reply #334 on: October 27, 2012, 05:03:33 PM »

The Pro Life Federation Voter's Guide greeted us in our car door this evening. Probably for the first time ever, Casey isn't classified as Pro Life. While he isn't labeled as Pro Choice (while the rest of the Dem ticket is on the cover), there is a note under his voting history that he only voted Pro Life 42% of the time. Smith, of course, got the big bolded Pro Life label.
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« Reply #335 on: October 27, 2012, 10:31:05 PM »

Further proof that the debate had no highlights, Philly's ABC affiliate is airing it just as the Eagles game begins. Another local channel will be airing it tomorrow evening.
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« Reply #336 on: October 28, 2012, 11:38:38 AM »

Uhg, did this guy learn nothing from Scott Brown's election?  Casey deserves to lose at this point.
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« Reply #337 on: October 29, 2012, 08:54:37 AM »

Bobby is awfully scared. New ad has him attacking Smith for running "unsafe coal mines." The voice over lists the fire hazards and accident reports/violations at the mines. Of course, it's mentioned that Smith is a millionaire and he's still being called "Tea Party Tom Smith."
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« Reply #338 on: October 31, 2012, 09:54:56 AM »

First it was "Mum," now it's his daughter. As PoliticsPA points out, it looks like Smith is looking to narrow the gender gap - http://www.politicspa.com/smiths-daughter-stars-in-closing-ad-watch-video/43549/
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« Reply #339 on: November 02, 2012, 03:55:04 PM »

Just breaking - Smith internal has him tied with Casey at 46%.
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« Reply #340 on: November 02, 2012, 03:58:09 PM »

Couldn't even gin up a one point lead?
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« Reply #341 on: November 02, 2012, 05:01:59 PM »

Super PAC mailer hitting Casey arrived today along with a Santorum robo call for the entire Republican slate. Smiley
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« Reply #342 on: November 03, 2012, 06:42:41 PM »

Two more pieces of mail hitting Casey from Freedom Works today in addition to the flood of lawn signs for Smith that they put up today across NE Philly.

Haven't seen or heard of Casey signs or mail around here. Purely anecdotal but I wanted to mention it.
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« Reply #343 on: November 03, 2012, 10:13:15 PM »

i just dont get Bob Casey sometimeshe was leading but now -_- hes acting like Martha Coakley
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« Reply #344 on: November 04, 2012, 12:22:18 PM »

Getting my predictions out of the way...

I'm saying Casey takes 54% to Smith's 46%. Third party candidates (one of whom is a write in and the other is a Libertarian whose last name is also Smith) won't do well enough to round up to a percentage point.
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« Reply #345 on: November 05, 2012, 07:09:49 PM »

Jesus Christ, FreedomWorks is still going hard against Casey. We got a magazine - yes, a magazine - attacking him today!
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« Reply #346 on: November 10, 2012, 12:15:10 PM »

Well, it was more fun than I ever imagined. Hats off to Tom Smith for running a very good campaign. Final tally:

Casey - 54%
Smith - 45%
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