Santorum shifts left for '06 run -The Hill

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), one of the Senate’s foremost conservatives, has made several statements on tax and wage issues in recent days that suggest he is shifting more to the left.

Santorum, who is up for reelection in 2006 and a possible presidential candidate in 2008, is one of the Democrats’ top targets in a state that was carried by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) last year. Some conservatives have grumbled about Santorum’s recent positions in blogs, conservative editorial pages, and internet sites, although many observers predict Santorum will be able to hold onto GOP base voters in his reelection effort.
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Asked whether Santorum was tacking left, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said, “The question is, in what ocean is he sailing.” Dorgan continued, “It’d be pretty hard to see that if he did , because he’s so far on the right side of the spectrum.”

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/030305/santorum.html

"In what ocean is he sailing?" :D

hahahahahhaahahhaahhahahaahahhahahahaha

We don't want him. Please, Gawd, make him go away.

"A Quinnipiac poll last month had Casey beating Santorum head-to-head by 46-41 percent. Santorum dismissed the poll when asked about it by The Hill, saying Casey’s negative approval ratings would be far higher by the time Santorum finished running a campaign against him."

So, here he is admitting in advance that he plans to run a negative campaign. Must be that he doesn't have enough accomplishments for a positive one.

When you're to the right of the Grand Ayatollah in Iran the only place you can move is left. So that isn't too difficult for him to seem to move toward the center.
What I will find interesting to follow is what kind of pass the press will give santorum. Will they call him out on his past 6 years, or will they just cover what he is saying now because he may refuse to talk to them.
Only time will tell.

Heh - Dorgan gets my vote for sound bite of the week.

people are so dumb in this state sometimes, particularly when it comes to government. I don't know what it is, maybe all the remnant polution in the water here.

There are the blue strongholds in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, surrounded by red. That red though is from my experience a fairly moderate red. They're not in general crazy fundies, more of your classic fiscally responsible conservatives. The problem is that they buy into this bullshit. They disagree with all the ridiculous things Santorum says, then forget it in a heartbeat when Fox News mentions every little left leaning thing he says in election years. Then once elected he ignores it and is such a crazy right wingnut.

Pennsylvania isn't and probably never will be a 'solid blue' state. We're gonna have republican senators, governors, congressmen and women, and so on. We might even go for a moderate Republican president.

The problem is that we apparently have no memory and as long as the radical republican says things that make sense occasionally before his election he stands a chance.

I hope he's gone in 2 years. Of coures then he'll probably still run for President in 2008...

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Rick, you asshole, no one here is buying it. I predict the sanctimonious jackass (and voted "Dumbest Member of Congress" by the Congressional Press Caucus) is meat. His SS tour has been a total disaster, including the ineffable contribution of Hitler Youth-er, Young Republicans- chanting anti-SS slogans. THAT went over well!

I saw Lewis Black in Pittsburgh last night and he brought up santorum and I got mad at him for bringing up this asshole's name.

Black wanted to know how this idiot got re-elected. Did the Dems run a muskrat against him? Couldn't we find anyone to unseat him?

It's time we get someone better than a muskrat to get him out of office.

whenever I see him talking on Cspan.

He is just really creepy.