Rick Santorum has just issued a mass email to campaign subscribers, in which he uses the standard political rhetoric: 'the senate race is going to be hard one, and funds need to start to pick up.' He is asking for contributions of $75-300.
Some of the specific rhetoric he uses includes:
You know well that I'm being targeted by the radical left because I fight for the conservative principles the Republican Party embraces.
- Pro-abortion groups have me in their sights because I fought to ban partial-birth abortions.
- Senators Ted Kennedy, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Harry Reid want me defeated because they know I'm going to fight for judicial nominees like John Roberts who will stick to the Constitution when they make rulings, not rewrite laws from the bench.
- Billionaire George Soros' and his radical MoveOn.org group has already launched a series of emails distorting my record and raising funds from leftists across America.
However, Santorum's biggest challenge may be during the debates with Casey
because the Republican leadership might be thinking about a presidential run in 2008.
In the article, Senate majority leader Bill Frist has come out vocally once again in favor of Stem Cell research. This is big news for supporters and democrats alike, Frist is the only doctor in the senate and has given advice to Republicans numerous times on scientific issues. This goes against what Bush advocated (only so many lines could be used and then government funding would cease to exist.) and could result in Bush's first veto if Frist is able to move a Stem Cell bill through.
Of course this dissent gives Frist front page time, as well as a moderate voice, a positive thing for someone who is running in '08.
Santorum, already facing tough opposition in 2006, will have another dynamic listed to his campaign.
His official position on stem cells came be found here and here.
As a issue that can only be understood as a wedge issue on the right, this gives Casey a powerful chance to illustrate that Santorum is not mainstream or for working families.
Santorum's office in Washington had a no official comment on the Frist story.
posted by Politics in Motion @ 12:09 PM
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