Casey strikes out.(Up Front)(Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. for election)(Brief Article)

LIBERALS WEREN'T ENTHUSIASTIC WHEN THE POWERS that be in Pennsylvania Democratic circles began pushing heavily for Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. to be the party's nominee to run against Rick Santorum.

That Casey is pro-life is one thing. More troubling was the news that Casey opposes embryonic stem-cell research. But then, Casey said in late January that he favored the confirmation of Samuel Alito as Supreme Court justice.

It's time to re-think the premise that Pennsylvania is really the place where the Democrats need to start running social conservatives for office. Despite the ...