Santorum-Casey Debate

Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum debated his opponent, State Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. Casey comes across as a smug piece of sh*t...which of course he is, and I think Santorum comes out the winner - but I'm biased. Even Democrats hate this schmuck - so why did the DSCC back him? Still not sure, he's the anti-Lamont, and it's not even clear he's electable. Full debate can be streamed (only on Internet Explorer unfortunately) from the Meet the Press website.

Noteworthy that Cilizza's latest Senate rankings still had Santorum in the most vulnerable spot, but with the concession that "we seriously weighed moving Pennsylvania down to the second position" in their list. But while he still doesn't think Santorum's got a chance, I disagree. Based on Casey's previous implosions, the fact that (and he denies this in the interview, lying through his teeth in the process) bad blood exists between him and Rendell, Santorum's superior debate performance (and I expect it to continue in the future), and Santorum's perpetual underdog status (he never leads in a poll in any race thus making them more or less meaningless except for the magnitude of his opponent's lead), I still think Rick can pull it out, though it'll probably be something like 51%-49% and the sore losers on the Left will scream voter fraud and brand him as illegitimate for the next six years.