NOW fighting back in Pa. - Sandals over Casey

[donsu]

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002953.html


Breaking news: NOW deals blow to Casey and endorses Sandals


Pennsylvania, we have a primary. This morning, the National Organization for Women held a press conference to announce the group is shunning the pro-life U.S. Senate pick of the Democratic party bosses, state treasurer Bob Casey Jr., and backing one of the two upstarts on the race, Philadelphia attorney Alan Sandals. It's the first sign of open rebellion by a major element of the Democratic coalition against the decision to foist Casey upon the party's balky progressive base.

Here's what they said:

Because the 2006 Pennsylvania Senate race is so critical to women's rights, the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee has voted to endorse Democratic candidate Alan Sandals for the United States Senate. With so many of our rights at risk, and reproductive freedom on the line, the NOW PAC will invest both political resources and grassroots strength in the candidate we believe will best protect and advance our rights in the U.S. Senate.
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good on NOW

[Warpy]

1. Good for NOW. Casey sucks

The last thing the party needs is another woman hating antichoicer running and pretending he's a mainstream Democrat.

Woman haters already have a party. It's called the GOP.

[Greeby]

2. Didn't I read somewhere

That Casey said he would have voted for the IWR if he had been in the Senate at the time.

I'm sorry, but Sick Rick or no Sick Rick, there should be better standards for Democrats than that

[T Wolf]

3. Casey has also said he does not support censuring Shrubbie.

Oh, for the days when real Democrats ran for office in PA. There are a couple here and there, but the "party bosses" are more concerned with keeping their minimal power than in actually doing something progressive.

Add the poor choice Dems will be stuck with (unless a huge upset occurs in the primary) to the fact that electronic voting is widespread and I have little doubt that Sanitorium will be back in DC come Jan. '07.

[Coastie for Truth]

4. Pennachio and Sandals

will be fighting over the old "Itkin for Governor" vote with the old Ivan Itkin organization.

What happens beyond Center City, University City, the Mainline, and Pittsburgh's East End?