Rick Santorum Watch: Casey and Santorum Debate on Meet the Press

In this photograph provided by ‘Meet the Press,’ Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., left, and his Democratic Senate challenger Bob Casey debate during the taping of ‘Meet the Press” Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006, at the NBC studios in Washington.

Washington Times: Casey and Santorum mix it up

Bob Casey Jr., the Pennsylvania state treasurer who is seeking to oust Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, said in a debate yesterday that there is no “crisis” facing Social Security, which most economists agree is headed for collapse unless major changes are made.

“I don’t think you’re talking about a crisis,” the Democrat said during an hourlong debate yesterday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Mr. Casey said the program — raided for years by federal lawmakers to pay for other government programs — will fix itself.

“So [we’ll have] double the people on Social Security and Medicare, and life expectancy approaches 80. And the solution is ‘do nothing’?” moderator Tim Russert asked.

Flap smells a Bob Casey (who has a reputation for being an “EMPTY SUIT”) collapse. This Casey social security comment is like Gerald Ford in his debate with Jimmy Carter saying Eastern Europe were not satellites (under the domination) of the Soviet Union. Casey’s understanding and misstatement of the social security system is a BLUNDER of the first order.

Everyone knows that there are structural demographic problems with the social security system that will require a fix.

Can Rick Santorum make a comeback?

Likely

Stay tuned as the GOP works the media campaign.

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Captain Ed: Casey: Social Security Just Fine

Politicians like Bob Casey want to pretend that nothing’s wrong with ballooning entitlements until the bill comes due — and then he wants to stick us with it. Casey needs to ditch the talking points and start doing some of his own thinking, or he needs to find another line of work.

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