Robert Casey, Sr. vs. Bill Clinton - '96 Primary

[Keystone Phil]

Something I never knew...


Prohibited from seeking a third term, Casey left office in 1995 but contemplated a run for President to oppose Bill Clinton in the 1996 Democratic primaries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Casey


How would this have gone?

[© tweed]

Clinton would smoke him like he smoked pot 30 years earlier.  Only this time, he'd inhale.

Seriously, Casey would not have stood a chance.  10% in IA and NH and fading percentages thereafter.

[Keystone Phil]

Clinton would smoke him like he smoked pot 30 years earlier.  Only this time, he'd inhale.

Seriously, Casey would not have stood a chance.  10% in IA and NH and fading percentages thereafter.

I would have loved to see how PA would go! 

I figured that Clinton would easily beat Casey but not 90% in IA and NH. Another interesting idea would be Clinton vs. Dole vs. Perot vs. Casey in the general.

[Joe Republic]

Why exactly would Casey have wanted to run against Clinton?  I thought they were both fairly similar ideologically.  I'd assume it would have been merely an ego boost for Casey.

[Moooooo]

Why exactly would Casey have wanted to run against Clinton?  I thought they were both fairly similar ideologically.  I'd assume it would have been merely an ego boost for Casey.

They had a pretty big clash before the 1992 convention (or was it '96?).  Casey was prohibited from speaking before the convention because of his pro-life stance.

[Keystone Phil]

Why exactly would Casey have wanted to run against Clinton?  I thought they were both fairly similar ideologically.  I'd assume it would have been merely an ego boost for Casey.

He was very angry about the abortion issue. In fact, he didn't even endorse his Senate appointee (Harris Wofford) in the '94 election against Santorum. He refused to back Clinton in '92 for the same reason. He obviously would have been destroyed if he made abortion the only issue but he would have probably found some other issues. I wouldn't say Clinton and Casey were of the same ideology either.

[Speed of Sound]

Clinton would smoke him like he smoked pot 30 years earlier.  Only this time, he'd inhale.

Seriously, Casey would not have stood a chance.  10% in IA and NH and fading percentages thereafter.

I would have loved to see how PA would go! 

I figured that Clinton would easily beat Casey but not 90% in IA and NH. Another interesting idea would be Clinton vs. Dole vs. Perot vs. Casey in the general.

somebody should make A PF scenario for that!

[Speed of Sound]

I ran a Bush Vs. Casey Vs. Perot race as Perot, and this is what I got:



I ran a pretty good race for Perot which helped him pick up a good chunk of the electorate plus a huge amount of the PV. Things didnt go so hot for Bush who would lose close races in PA, FL, and OH.

Casey: 36%

Bush: 32%

Perot: 32%

I, sure the elimination of Perot from the race (or at least a worse performance) would shw this to be a very close matchup.