Smith hits PA's Casey as 'senator zero'
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Smith hits PA's Casey as 'senator zero'
Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer
Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith launched a website Wednesday that portrays incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey as ineffective, not to mention a tool of President Obama. Appropriately enough to the argument, the website is called www.senatorzero.com.
Smith’s main points: Casey sponsored 324 bills so far in the Senate, and zero of them have been enacted. He has voted with Obama 95 percent of the time.
The website features a video that is a mini silent film, with a jerky image of Casey that makes him look like a Keystone Cop - and a piano score.
Casey’s campaign responds that Smith is using a laughably simplistic metric for legislative effectiveness, ignoring the many contributions he has made.
"Tom Smith clearly doesn't know how the legislative process works,” Larry Smar, a Casey spokesman, said in a statement. “Due to compromise and negotiation, bills and amendments are added to other bills or a different version of the bill is the one that is signed into law. Bob Casey has a record of working with Republicans and Democrats to find commonsense solutions to problems. In the past year alone he passed a tax cut for middle-class families and legislation to help workers who lost their jobs due to unfair foreign trade.”
By contrast, Smar said, “Smith wants to go to Washington to push a rigid Tea Party agenda.” Smar said that Tea Party-oriented Republicans in the House have blocked some legislation that originated in the senate, including a Casey amendment to crack down on currency manipulation by China.
“For more than five and half years, Bob Casey has done nothing to address a dismal economy and stagnant unemployment,” Smith said in a statement. “While Pennsylvanians have suffered, Senator Casey has failed to offer a single solution.”
Comment removed.- why didn't obama pass his "plans" to get the economy moving when pelosi was speaker, and reid had a filibuster-proof majority in the senate after specter switched sides to enable himself to get re-elected?
could it be because this parvenu has no idea on how to fix an economy, or that his socialist ideas couldn't even get through the democrat-controlled congress?— barry m goldwater 
Casey is a Culture of Death Cheerleader for OBAMA his Father will Disown Him I am sure— Ubercatholic- Bob Casey? Who is Bob Casey? Never heard of him...does he own a taproom in Mayfair or something?? Who is this person named Bob Casey? What does he do for a living? Has anyone ever seen him?? The mystery continues.....who is Bob Casey and what does he do for a living???— kelprod2
- Uber - Casey Sr. has spun in his grave over his son!
Casey Sr. was the last democratic politician with a backbone/ conscience. The only time I heard Casey Jr. name was over Phillies Tickets!!! Loser.— gone with the wind - Yes, what has Casey done for PA? Every time I hear his name I have to remind myself that he is still in office because you never hear from him on any issue.— Taxpaying Voter
- Wanna talk about a ZERO? How about Looney Toomey?— The Fundamentals of the Economy are Fine
- I almost forgot that we had another Casey in PA government...— psyrus
- Bob Casey is a zero...he is living off his fathers reputation...Bob senior was real democrat...values for the little guy and proud to be an American ...casey is a cookie cutter socialist who ahs taken over the democrat party....they hate god, America, white people, christians and successful people who make money....as a long time democrat I will be voting straight republican this year....not because they are great but because socialism is evil and doesn't work— phillysmart
- Do nothing Senator in a do nothing senate where Reid has been in control for 4 years. No Budget passes in 3 years--sequestration allowed, ruinous deficits and wasted spending---No Hope if No Change--vote Casey out and Schwartz too!— Obamasfool
- Ha! I call him the "stealth bomber". You hardly ever hear from this guy, except when he is protecting his union friends or finding a way to spend more taxpayer money. He is an empty suit and rode the coat tails of his father. The reason you don't hear much from Casey is because his voting record has been out of touch with Pennsylvania. He has chosen staying under the radar, just like when he ran against Santorum. During that election, he refused to take a stand on many issues and simply told people "I'm not Rick Santorum".
I wish the GOP found a stronger candidate to take him on.— MattPSU 
anyone but casey- Someone please hurry, check & see if Casey has a pulse!— Christo1CG
- I always liked his dad. The acorn did fall far from the tree.— Jean Valjean
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