Santorum - Casey Debate
Written by Sam on September 3rd, 2006MSNBC’s Meet the Press aired the first debate between Rick Santorum and Bob Casey Jr. Putting my bias aside, I honestly think that Santorum came out looking like a rock star. Bob Casey Jr. should go into the business of making cassette tapes for insomniacs. He’ll put anybody to sleep.
Tim Russert was fair. He nailed both candidates equally with some tough questions, heavily weighted with just the right ingredients to make them both squirm. Again, Santorum outshined Junior. He was direct and confident with his answers, no stumbling or back tracking. Junior definitely appeared uneasy in some of his answers.
No contest. Santorum won the debate handily. If the rest of them go the same way I think Rick keeps his jobs.
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I caught the replay of MTP on MSNBC Sunday evening and agree with most of what the pundits and observists have said. Russert was fair, and thoroughly surprised at Casey’s lack of knowledge on a variety of subjects.
Casey seemed shaken on any number of issues. The only issue that I saw Santorum struggling with was the residency issue, but I think he recovered at the end.
Advantage: Santorum.
Now, let’s hope Casey agrees to do more televised debates in front of a Pennsylvania crowd!