So I wasn't at home on Sunday morning to watch the Casey-Santorum debate on Meet the Press. But the program is available on the MTP website, so I watched it. Sheesh. If I were only marginally interested in this race, I'd be asking myself, "Are these my only choices?"
Casey had more than a few chances to make Rick "Man-on-Dog" look like the total loon that he is. Russert practically bent over backwards trying to elicit some spot-on criticism. But just when you thought he would deliver the KO punch, he fell back on his talking points. Again, sheesh.
Like when the discussion turned to Rumsfeld, and Ricky opined that Rummy is doing a fine job. Casey could have said, well, gee, then why have a host of retired generals called for his resignation?
And how about the Virginia senator's turning every question on Iraq into attack on Iran? How about looking him straight in the eye and just blurting out, "They haven't even finished with one war and already they're trying to start another one!"
Casey's response on how to save social security was a good start: repeal tax cuts for taxpayers making more than $200,000 a year, save the estate tax, and hope that fixing the economy will help us grow our way out of the deficit. But how about the most obvious solution: lift the cap on social security wages.
They say that Santorum's numbers are so bad that the Democrats could run a complete idiot against him and still win. Alas, we seem to have nominated just that person. Where is Joe Hoeffel when you really need him?
P.S. This Sunday's MTP will be an interview with Dick "Dead-eye" Cheney. I won't be wasting an hour on this program.
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