This, Clearly, Is Why Brian Tierney Bought The Paper

A news story in yesterday’s Inquirer noted that Rick Santorum is helping a challenger get on the ballot for Senate. The strategy is obvious: Santorum helps potential Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli get on the ballot; in return, Romanelli takes votes away from Santorum’s opponent, Bob Casey.

Okay, a fairly natural political story, except this one led Inquirer columnist Tom Ferrick to write a song parody:

If I Only Had A Green

In the polls I am trailin’
My backers are a wailin’
“Rick, what does it mean?”
But the case is prima facie
I could beat Bobby Casey
If I only had a Green.

Oh, I love this Romanelli
Though his politics are smelly
To my backers and to me.
But, hey, let’s not quibble
If the votes that he will nibble
Are the liberal bourgeoisie.

And they say newspapers are dead.

If I Only Had A Green [Tom Ferrick's Poliblog]
Santorum team aiding a Casey rival [Inquirer]