Bird’s-Eye View

Watch politics long enough, and you start to pick up certain behavior patterns. For example, when former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum lost his bitter fight for a third term against Bob Casey Jr. in 2006, the Republican decided instead of changing his issue stances to accommodate the moods of voters - which had turned against the […]

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Together we form more friends than Pennsylvania’s senior Senator may have, right now. Republican Arlen Specter was one of three GOP Senators to approve the $838 billion stimulus package, which now lands in a committee of House and Senate leadership charged with drawing up a compromise plan.
I think Specter knows the waters are closing in […]

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 Saw last week WGAL interviewed U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., and Ron Martin asked if Casey is likely to serve in an Obama administration as a cabinet appointment or in some other capacity. Casey said no.
Smart move.
Casey would be a loyal, hardworking soldier in the Obama cabinet, and having a much higher profile than the […]

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 U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. overcame what he described as hard feelings for fellow Senator Joe Lieberman, the Democrat turned independent lawmaker who backed Republican John McCain for president, and voted to allow Lieberman to retain his committee chairmanship, according to the Washington Post:
For Obama’s closest allies, Lieberman’s sin was not his support for McCain, […]

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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. in a phone interview that ended a couple of minutes ago had this to say about Republican John McCain’s move to suspend his campaign until Congress comes up with a solution to the Wall Street mess:
This latest thing on the debate was really bizarre in the sense that he’s saying […]

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Wanted to give Nesters a teaser for tomorrow’s article about our one-on-one with U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential hopeful. He was in Media today speaking at an orchard not unlike Cherry Hill in Lancaster County, and afterwards we covered a few topics:
-His experience driving cars during college to an auto auction in […]

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One thing many Republicans love is decisive leadership. They want that leader who can make choices using his or her gut instincts, which is one thing that helped sink Democrat John Kerry’s campaign in 2004 and could significant damage Barack Obama’s in 2008.
Hillary Clinton tried to use this tactic in the Democratic primary, but I […]

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6 p.m. Obama says he’s traveled to 49 of the 50 states. Guess which one he missed:
The one I didn’t travel to is Alaska, which makes me realize I might need to go up there.
5:56 p.m. Obama steps to the podium. And he pronounces “Lancaster” properly.
5:55 p.m. Casey calls McCain a sidekick for “Bush” for […]

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The Obama campaign released more details about the convention, including information about Casey’s speech during Tuesday of Democratic Convention Week in Denver later this month, and it looks like Gov. Ed Rendell will be in attack-dog mode:
Governors Ted Strickland of Ohio and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania will discuss how the failed policies of the last eight […]

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Looks like things are coming full circle for the Casey family at this year’s Democratic National Convention in Denver.
The Obama team has tapped U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. to be the keynote speaker during Tuesday night’s festivities, and the Associated Press notes the irony:
Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, a Democrat who opposes abortion rights, will […]

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