Santorum has a whole lot of Casey to worry about

Look out Rick Santorum!  The right-wing Republican incumbent Senator from Pennsylvania has a headache to deal with it, and the name of that headache is Bob Casey.  The current state treasurer-turned-Democratic Senate challenger has raised a whopping $2.6 million over the last three months in his bid to unseat Santorum, and put the Democrats one step closer to taking back the Senate.

So how significant is Casey's $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2006?  Very significant.  In 2002, Ron Klink, Santorum's previous Democratic challenger, raised only $3.6 million during the entire campaign.  So for Casey, or any Democrat for that matter, to raise $2.6 million in only three months is almost unheard of.  The only Democrat to raise more money so far in 2006 is Hillary Clinton -- but she is obviously in her own league.

The latest Quinnipiac University poll has Casey with a 48% to 37% lead over Rick Santorum.

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