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To piggyback on Peter’s post– It’s critical to understand what the Radical Rick Santorum strategy is all about. Do I think Radical Rick is purposely trying to lose the 2006 election? No, absolutely not. Radical Rick Santorum, despite his nonsensical rhetoric and his obvious stupidity, is a political animal just like every member of the U.S. Senate and he knows what he’s doing.

And the political reality of Radical Rick’s position is that no matter what questions talk show hosts or his opponents throw at him about his out of the mainstream positions on issues– the bottom line is he believes (or at least is in a position to claim that he does) what he believes and is resolute in those beliefs.

Hey, do you remember the 2004 election between John Kerry and George Bush? Well, more Americans disagreed with Bush’s positions on various issues (most notably the war in Iraq, handling of the economy, etc.) and and thankfully those same voters voted against Bush in November 2004 and Kerry won!!

Wait, ok– no. The very same folks who were against Bush’s policies went to their respective polling stations and voted for him. They felt that while Bush didn’t necessarily believe what they believe– he did BELIEVE IT STRONGLY.

Now, we know that Bush believes very little of what he says and is just a really great politician. And, I feel that Radical Rick is in a similar position today.

My advice: watch out! Early polls show that Radical Rick is trailing to Mr. Casey and that’s a good sign. However, as Radical Rick moves quickly towards to the center and away from his radical roots– people will view him (because, well, people ain’t smart) as a moderate guy who isn’t afraid to preach his beliefs and stand by them.

The moral of this story: the average American doesn’t care what politicians believe. All they care is that they believe in something and are willing to fight for those beliefs.

I’m a proud Democrat and I expect great things from Bob Casey. But let’s just all be clear that Radical Rick is in this race to win and his strategy to say whatever he feels, however dangerous or destructive, has been and will continue to be a winning strategy for Republicans.

Thank you for not interrupting my rant.

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