Political Note #51 Bob Casey Jr. PA US Senate

First Pennsylvania Auditor General; then State Treasurer, Bob Casey, Jr got a couple of phone calls. Senator Harry Reid called. Senator Chuck Schumer called. Each urged him to run for the Senate. HIs father, Bob Casey Sr. had been governor. That was the office he coveted. In the Senate, he was a moderate Democrat. Recently, though, he created a new signature issue. He is creating an identity that is not so moderate. He is just plain angry at Donald Trump. He showed up at the airport to greet refugees who Trump banned. When James Comey was fired, Bob Casey Jr called Trump's behavior Nixonian. In a state that was part of Hillary's failed firewall, he is vying to be a leader of the resistance.

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