Santorum vs Hoeffel in 2004

[Smash255]

Do you honestly believe that he wouldn't have had much more coverage if he was running for re-election??

Where did I say that, Smash? I'm saying he already had quite a bit of coverage after his statements and guess what? He was still popular. I know it's so hard to admit but it was true.

Yes and I'm saying it would have gotten more coverage if he was running for re-election and he would have been less popular.  SEPA would have been a disaster area for him.

[Keystone Phil]

Do you honestly believe that he wouldn't have had much more coverage if he was running for re-election??

Where did I say that, Smash? I'm saying he already had quite a bit of coverage after his statements and guess what? He was still popular. I know it's so hard to admit but it was true.

Yes and I'm saying it would have gotten more coverage if he was running for re-election and he would have been less popular.  SEPA would have been a disaster area for him.

And he would have won big out west.

Get over it, Smash. The other Santorum haters admitted that he'd win.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It simply boggles my mind how anyone could vote for both Santorum and Kerry. I honestly can not comprehend in any way how anyone could like them both, it is beyond bizarre.

[Хahar 🤔]

As a PA resident and political activist who watched the 2004 political season come and go here, let me throw in my two cents quick: No way in Hell does Hoeffel even make this a real close race. Not at all because he was a bad candidate, but because he just didn't hold the name recognition or the machine to knock off an incumbent which blue-collar Pennsylvanians (in 2004) connected with. I know of many conservative Bush Haters that would have gladly pulled the switch for Kerry--Santorum, and I actually wonder if Santorum running in 04 wouldve had a negative effect on Kerry's numbers........

I'll go with what Speedy says.