Bob Casey Hires Campaign Manager for Senate Bid
Jay Reiff, a native Pennsylvanian and former campaign manager for North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, has been tapped to lead Pennsylvania State Treasurer Bob Casey's campaign for the U.S. Senate. Casey, a Democrat, is seeking to replace incumbent Republican Senator Rick Santorum.
Reiff managed Easley's successful 2000 gubernatorial campaign as well as his landslide 2004 re-election win. Easley's double-digit re-election victory was won despite the fact that President Bush crushed his Democratic presidential rival, John Kerry, in North Carolina by 13 percentage points.
Reiff has also held major governmental positions including Special Advisor to Governor Easley and Director of Communications for South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges.
"Jay will be a tremendous asset to my campaign," said Casey. "He is the right person to place at the helm. I have great confidence in his skills, experience, and leadership ability."
Born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Reiff, 37, is a graduate of Lancaster Mennonite High School, Lancaster, PA, and American University in Washington, D.C.
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A teachers' union on Saturday endorsed Auditor General Robert P. Casey Jr. in next year's U.S. Senate race.
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Casey ahead in poll; Santorum ahead at the bank
Challenger holding double-digit lead
Thursday, July 14, 2005
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05195/537627.stm
.....The latest Quinnipiac University poll, released yesterday, showed Casey, the likely Democratic nominee in the 2006 race, with a 51 percent to 39 percent advantage over Santorum, a margin consistent with other polls of the race, and one that has shown little change since the prospect of a Casey challenge emerged earlier this year.....
As the Quinnipiac survey was being released, both campaigns were poised to file contribution reports, due tomorrow, which will show Santorum with an early advantage of more than 3 to 1 over his expected opponent.
Santorum advisers said the senator's report would show that as of June 30, he had more than $5.6 million on hand in his campaign treasury. The Casey camp expected to report receipts of more than $1.6 million.....
A slim majority of 51 percent of the respondents said they approved of Santorum's performance as senator, while 35 percent disapproved and 10 percent had no opinion. That was markedly lower than the 60 percent approval rating recorded for Santorum's colleague, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, but well above President Bush's 44 percent approval.
Just 45 percent of the respondents said they felt that Santorum deserved re-election, while 38 percent said he did not, and 17 percent were undecided.
Among the random sample of voters, 37 percent said they had a favorable overall view of the senator, while 27 percent said they held an unfavorable view, 17 percent a mixed view and 19 percent said they hadn't heard enough about him to form an opinion.....
Challenger holding double-digit lead
Thursday, July 14, 2005
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05195/537627.stm
.....The latest Quinnipiac University poll, released yesterday, showed Casey, the likely Democratic nominee in the 2006 race, with a 51 percent to 39 percent advantage over Santorum, a margin consistent with other polls of the race, and one that has shown little change since the prospect of a Casey challenge emerged earlier this year.....
As the Quinnipiac survey was being released, both campaigns were poised to file contribution reports, due tomorrow, which will show Santorum with an early advantage of more than 3 to 1 over his expected opponent.
Santorum advisers said the senator's report would show that as of June 30, he had more than $5.6 million on hand in his campaign treasury. The Casey camp expected to report receipts of more than $1.6 million.....
A slim majority of 51 percent of the respondents said they approved of Santorum's performance as senator, while 35 percent disapproved and 10 percent had no opinion. That was markedly lower than the 60 percent approval rating recorded for Santorum's colleague, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, but well above President Bush's 44 percent approval.
Just 45 percent of the respondents said they felt that Santorum deserved re-election, while 38 percent said he did not, and 17 percent were undecided.
Among the random sample of voters, 37 percent said they had a favorable overall view of the senator, while 27 percent said they held an unfavorable view, 17 percent a mixed view and 19 percent said they hadn't heard enough about him to form an opinion.....
Howard Dean was in Pittsburgh
Top Democrat touts Casey's moral values
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05201/540556.stm
Finding a pulpit in a Lawrenceville church transformed into a brewery, Howard Dean urged Democrats to adopt the rhetoric of values while rejecting the Republican vocabulary in the debate on abortion.
The Democratic national chairman won applause from the large, enthusiastic crowd last night in embracing the candidacy of state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., a moderate, anti-abortion Democrat, in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
"We made a mistake in the last campaign not talking about moral values," said the former Vermont governor, whose once potent drive for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination foundered on a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses.
Dean said that Democrats had been the victims of Republican success in defining the terms of debate on volatile issues, in particular by branding the Democrats as "pro-abortion."
"I don't know anyone who is pro-abortion," Dean said.
"What we are defending is not abortion ... what we are defending is the right of a woman to make her own decision."
Dean's comments reflected the reappraisals of numerous national Democrats seeking to increase their party's appeal across the political spectrum after a presidential election in which Republicans, in the estimations of politicians of both major parties, were more successful in winning the support of voters who expressed concerns about moral values.
In a much noted speech earlier this year, Sen. Hillary Clinton startled some of the party's more liberal constituencies as she described abortion as "a sad, even tragic choice for many women."
Such rhetoric has alarmed some pro-choice voices within the party. Similarly, the national party's courting and support for Casey in the U.S. Senate race has sparked bitter opposition from some Democrats. Two pro-choice Democrats, Charles Pennacchio, a college teacher, and Alan Sandals, a Philadelphia lawyer, have said they would challenge Casey, although neither appears to be a serious threat to the record statewide vote-getter.
With an enthusiastic endorsement of Casey, Dean drew sustained applause from the crowd of several hundred at the Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville.
"I have an awful lot of respect for pro-life Democrats," Dean said. "Pro-life Democrats care about the lives of children after they are born as well as before."
Attacking Santorum, Dean capitalized on the controversy over the Penn Hills School District's challenge to Santorum's right to have used school district funds to pay for his children's tuition at a cyber charter school. The school district's case was rejected by state officials on the grounds it was not filed on time, a decision that the district is appealing.
Santorum, who has denounced the case as partisan political sniping, has since withdrawn his children from the cyber school in favor of home schooling.
"We won't be satisfied until Virginia gives up its third senator and Pennsylvania gets two senators again," Dean told the crowd, most of whom had paid $25 to enter the Democratic National Committee fund-raiser.
Top Democrat touts Casey's moral values
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05201/540556.stm
Finding a pulpit in a Lawrenceville church transformed into a brewery, Howard Dean urged Democrats to adopt the rhetoric of values while rejecting the Republican vocabulary in the debate on abortion.
The Democratic national chairman won applause from the large, enthusiastic crowd last night in embracing the candidacy of state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., a moderate, anti-abortion Democrat, in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
"We made a mistake in the last campaign not talking about moral values," said the former Vermont governor, whose once potent drive for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination foundered on a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses.
Dean said that Democrats had been the victims of Republican success in defining the terms of debate on volatile issues, in particular by branding the Democrats as "pro-abortion."
"I don't know anyone who is pro-abortion," Dean said.
"What we are defending is not abortion ... what we are defending is the right of a woman to make her own decision."
Dean's comments reflected the reappraisals of numerous national Democrats seeking to increase their party's appeal across the political spectrum after a presidential election in which Republicans, in the estimations of politicians of both major parties, were more successful in winning the support of voters who expressed concerns about moral values.
In a much noted speech earlier this year, Sen. Hillary Clinton startled some of the party's more liberal constituencies as she described abortion as "a sad, even tragic choice for many women."
Such rhetoric has alarmed some pro-choice voices within the party. Similarly, the national party's courting and support for Casey in the U.S. Senate race has sparked bitter opposition from some Democrats. Two pro-choice Democrats, Charles Pennacchio, a college teacher, and Alan Sandals, a Philadelphia lawyer, have said they would challenge Casey, although neither appears to be a serious threat to the record statewide vote-getter.
With an enthusiastic endorsement of Casey, Dean drew sustained applause from the crowd of several hundred at the Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville.
"I have an awful lot of respect for pro-life Democrats," Dean said. "Pro-life Democrats care about the lives of children after they are born as well as before."
Attacking Santorum, Dean capitalized on the controversy over the Penn Hills School District's challenge to Santorum's right to have used school district funds to pay for his children's tuition at a cyber charter school. The school district's case was rejected by state officials on the grounds it was not filed on time, a decision that the district is appealing.
Santorum, who has denounced the case as partisan political sniping, has since withdrawn his children from the cyber school in favor of home schooling.
"We won't be satisfied until Virginia gives up its third senator and Pennsylvania gets two senators again," Dean told the crowd, most of whom had paid $25 to enter the Democratic National Committee fund-raiser.
QUOTE(heritage @ Jul 20 2005, 11:00 AM)
Howard Dean was in Pittsburgh
Top Democrat touts Casey's moral values
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05201/540556.stm
Finding a pulpit in a Lawrenceville church transformed into a brewery, Howard Dean urged Democrats to adopt the rhetoric of values while rejecting the Republican vocabulary in the debate on abortion.
The Democratic national chairman won applause from the large, enthusiastic crowd last night in embracing the candidacy of state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., a moderate, anti-abortion Democrat, in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
[...]
With an enthusiastic endorsement of Casey, Dean drew sustained applause from the crowd of several hundred at the Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville.
[...]
"We won't be satisfied until Virginia gives up its third senator and Pennsylvania gets two senators again," Dean told the crowd, most of whom had paid $25 to enter the Democratic National Committee fund-raiser.
Top Democrat touts Casey's moral values
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05201/540556.stm
Finding a pulpit in a Lawrenceville church transformed into a brewery, Howard Dean urged Democrats to adopt the rhetoric of values while rejecting the Republican vocabulary in the debate on abortion.
The Democratic national chairman won applause from the large, enthusiastic crowd last night in embracing the candidacy of state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., a moderate, anti-abortion Democrat, in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
[...]
With an enthusiastic endorsement of Casey, Dean drew sustained applause from the crowd of several hundred at the Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville.
[...]
"We won't be satisfied until Virginia gives up its third senator and Pennsylvania gets two senators again," Dean told the crowd, most of whom had paid $25 to enter the Democratic National Committee fund-raiser.
I was there last night...The event was terrific. It was incredibly well-organized and well-run. There really were several hundred people packed into the Church Brew Works. And Dean was great. Lots of applause and cheers for many of his comments.
And since this is posted in a thread about Bob Casey--It is also worth it to note that Casey went to Allentown this weekend to show support for Linda Minger, the Democratic Candidate running for State House in a special July 19th election in the 131st district. Casey spoke at a small rally and then helped with some neighborhood canvassing/door-knocking.
The polls for that special election closed at 8pm last night. Unfortunately, Minger lost to Republican Karen Beyer by approximately 600 votes. The Green Party candidate pulled about 2% of the vote. The Independent Candidate pulled 5% of the vote.
And I'm willing to bet that the folks of Allentown and the Lehigh Valley are glad that this one special election is over. Apparently, this was one race whereby the locals were completely oversaturated with campaign coverage, mailers, and leaflets.
A jugde ruled today that the independent candidate for senate in PA does not qualify because he had too few signatures. The PA democratic party brought the lawsuit in the first place. So Casey should benefit a little with third party leaners.
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