Casey - Santorum - and Chuck P

The Dems must be pulling out their hair trying to figure out what in the world to do with Casey and the challenge for Santorum. Casey is often called Santorum-Light. Meanwhile there is another alternative in the D's primary race, a progressive Democrat. By the Numbers.

100- The number of votes that Senator Santorum has cast in the U.S. Senate since first challenging Bobby Casey, Jr. to indicate how he would vote on the same issues.

2- The number of times that Casey, Jr. has actually said how he would vote if he were in the Senate. That was on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court and the PATRIOT Act (but only after he flip-flopped on the issue).

86- The number of days it took Casey, Jr. to make up his mind on the nomination of Judge Alito.

10- The number of debates that Rick Santorum has proposed, and that Casey, Jr. has refused.

95- The number of days that have passed since Rick Santorum proposed a series of debates with Casey, Jr.

7- The number of days that Casey, Jr. showed up for work as State Treasurer in December.

91- The number of days Casey, Jr. spent away from his State Treasurer office between March and December of 2005.

839- The number of audits that Casey, Jr. left unfinished when he left the Auditor General's office.

5- The number of statewide races that Casey, Jr. has run in the last 10 years.

5- The number of issues that Casey, Jr. thinks is important enough to highlight on his campaign website. Agriculture, Energy, Health Care, and National Security are noticeably missing.

263- The number of days until the voters of Pennsylvania cast their votes for Senator Santorum, and reject Bobby Casey Jr.'s negative, issueless politics.