Santorum concedes
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., called Bob Casey, Jr., at 9:30 p.m. to conceded defeat, which looks to be overwhelming. Santorum was gracious in his public comments.
Santorum was first elected in 1994 in the Republican sweep that year. He defeated U.S. Harris Wofford, the Democrat who had defeated former Gov. Dick Thornburgh in the race to succeed Sen. John Heinz, who was killed in an airplane crash. Santorum was never in the Pennsylvania mainstream. As I always say, Pennsylvania is relentlessly moderate, and Santorum was a hardcore conservative. He should have been defeated in 2000, but the Democratic candidate, Ron Klink, was weak and unexciting.
Paul Begala just reminded viewers that Santorum once compared gay sex to beastiality. Bill Bennett is complaining again that Santorum was "targeted." Carville again says it's all about Iraq, or nearly so.