Dubya And The Greens, What A Combo

As we roll into crunch time in election season, campaigns are pulling out all the stops. In Pennsylvania’s Senate race, the Green party is using sneaky tactics and Republican money to attempt to get Carl Romanelli on the ballot.

In brief: Republicans are supporting Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli’s attempts to get on the ballot in the hopes it would take votes away from Bob Casey. The Democrats are challenging Romanelli’s petition — which needed 67,000+ signatures, because Republicans and Democrats can agree that they’d like to keep their stranglehold on politics, thank you very much — in the hopes he’ll get kicked off the ballot because of people signing “Mickey Mouse.”

Today, a letter writer in the Daily News attacks Casey’s camp for challenging the signatures thusly:

Sad case of Casey vs. Romanelli

IWAS ONE of the 100,000 Pennsylvanians who signed the “Romanelli petition” in an attempt to get him on the ballot for the November election, and I am revolted by Bob Casey’s efforts to block his candidacy.

I think it is appalling when the first real action of a Senate candidate is trying to remove another candidate from the ballot, as has been the case with Bob Casey Jr. Not only has Casey remained silent on the issues, but now attempts to silence another voice seeking to join in the democratic process.

One hundred thousand Pennsylvanians have signed petitions to get Mr. Romanelli on the ballot, and Casey would just as soon see that they are cheated out of their efforts. This is the move of a career politician and someone who does not have the best interests of Pennsylvanians in mind.

Edward Smith, Flourtown

Ahh, yes, Edward Smith of Flourtown. Who, after a quick search, appears to be the only Edward Smith in the phone book in Flourtown. And, who, after another quick search, appears to have donated to this presidential candidate in 2004 (take a wild guess):

I’m hope Mr. Romanelli isn’t counting on Ed Smith’s vote come November.

Sad case of Casey vs. Romanelli [Daily News]
Search: Edward Smith [Fundrace.org]
Santorum, the Green Party, and some very strange bedfellows [Attytood]
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