Adding Insult to Injury

Think back to 2006.  The most hotly contested Senate race that year was in Pennsylvania.  Ultra-conservative Republican Rick Santorum (Pictured on the left.) was the incumbent.  NOW members  wanted  the extremist Mr. Santorum gone so bad they could taste it.  The frontrunner to take on Santorum was a woman, Barbara Hafer,  a strong advocate for reproductive rights.  Then what happened?

Suddenly the higher-ups in the Democratic party decided Hafer wasn't good enough.  They needed a man to do the job.  After showing Hafer the door, they recruited  Bob Casey Jr. to run (Pictured on the right.).  NY Senator Chuck Schumer,  you will recall, was the chief wheeler-dealer in this backroom scheme.