About to watch the Rick Santorum v. Bob Casey debate on Meet the Press.
Okay, watching the broadcast now. Casey is kicking Santorum's butt, it's almost painful to watch. Santorum looks just awful. He's a bit flustered, and arguing rather bizarre points - not just bizarre because they're politically stupid (Bush is doing a "terrific" job), but bizarre because they're just plain wrong (we found the chemical weapons in Iraq?).
Casey is on point, hitting Santorum with all the right facts and soundbites (Rick is for staying the course, I'm for changing the course), and Casey is refusing to let Russert fluster him like he's flustering Santorum.
I'm impressed. These shows are not easy to do, especially something like Meet the Press. Casey showed today that he's "senatorial." That's a big win.
Oh my, this is getting fun now! Casey keeps turning to Santorum and asking him questions and then lecturing him. He's now telling Santorum that while he's still deciding whether to call Osama a terrorist or an Islamo-fascist the rest of us are worrying about what really counts, finding a way to change the course of the war with the tactics on the ground. Casey also called Santorum's idea that we found WMD in Iraq "crazy." LOL
Oh God, Russert just read off a chart of Santorum's voting record and how it correlated with George Bush's views - Santorum has averaged 98% agreement with Bush over the past six years. Casey then said this:
I think Tim when you have two politicians in Washington that agree 98% of the time, one of them's really not necessary. We could have a machine have that kind of votes.Ka-CHING!
Look, Casey is more conservative than I'd like, but he's destroying Santorum in his own calm, pointed and persistent way. And that works for me.
