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Payback lurks for Hillary in Pa.
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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:00 am Post subject: Payback lurks for Hillary in Pa. |
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 Payback lurks for Hillary in Pa.
By John Farmer, Star-LedgerAs he prepared to accept his party's nomination in 1992, Bill Clinton made a decision that could end up hurting his wife's presidential campaign: He refused to allow Robert P. Casey to address the Democratic convention. Casey, then Pennsylvania's popular governor, was a conservative Democrat, strongly opposed to abortion and skeptical of Clinton. He never forgave Clinton for denying him the chance to speak, and took a vacation rather than campaign for him that fall.
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By John Farmer, Star-LedgerAs he prepared to accept his party's nomination in 1992, Bill Clinton made a decision that could end up hurting his wife's presidential campaign: He refused to allow Robert P. Casey to address the Democratic convention. Casey, then Pennsylvania's popular governor, was a conservative Democrat, strongly opposed to abortion and skeptical of Clinton. He never forgave Clinton for denying him the chance to speak, and took a vacation rather than campaign for him that fall. Sixteen years later, Sen. Hillary Clinton is looking for a much-needed big win in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary -- and Casey's son is working to spoil her chances. In what some see as a piece of political payback, U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr., arguably the Keystone State's most popular Democrat, is backing Sen. Barack Obama. "I believe in this guy like I've never believed in a candidate in my life, except my father," Casey said after endorsing Obama at a rally in Pittsburgh March 28. By boarding the Obama bandwagon after having pledged neutrality, Casey broke ranks with Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, who has staked his personal and political prestige on a Clinton victory in the state, and most of the state party establishment. That reflects another old split: The Caseys, father and son, have crossed swords politically with Rendell, too, over the years. Rendell unsuccessfully challenged the elder Casey, a revered figure in the party here, for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination 1986. Then, in an especially bitter campaign in 2002, Rendell upset the younger Casey, then the endorsed favorite of the party brass, in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. "Casey's name was magic among Democrats and Ed took it away from him," said a Rendell associate who worked on that campaign and asked not to be identified. "They're not enemies today. But they're not buddies, either."
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