Chris Heinz, Bob Casey and Santorum

[CarolNYC]

Sorry for the intrusion but I thought you guys could share my pleasure in this...

I thought of Chris Heinz this morning, after I'd settled down a little from the relief and joy of our big wins last night. I remembered how, at the NDN event which featured General Clark and was hosted by Chris at his downtown loft late spring of last year, Chris had said at the end of the evening something about kicking Rick Santorum out of 'my father's' seat.

It struck me when he said it. I hadn't even realized until then that Santorum held his late father's seat. And it was so passionate and really touching the way he said it. From that moment I wanted Santorum gone, not only for my family members still living in PA and for my whole country really....but also for Chris.

I like to imagine that Chris was doing his own little special happy dance last night. :)

[rox63]

1. I'm sure there was much rejoicing

all across the Kerry & Heinz families. And much happy-dancing. :bounce:

[Mass]

2. Teresa too. She refused to endorse Santorum the first time he ran for this seat.

[TayTay]

3. And Teresa too!

I know that in '94 when Icky raised the fact that Teresa was dating a Massachusetts Democrat as a big negative. (He pretty much called it mind control and that foreigners had taken over THK's head.)

I think she rather disliked Icky.

SANTORUM LINKS HEINZ DATE CHOICE TO 'AGENDA'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, SOONER, Sec. NATIONAL, p A-8 (11-03-1994)
By DENNIS B. RODDY, POST-GAZETTE STAFF WRITER

Republican Senate candidate Rick Santorum speculated on a radio call-in show in Erie yesterday that Teresa Heinz might not be supporting him because she "was dating a Democratic senator from Massachusetts."

Santorum's remark, to radio host Barry Grossman on his "We the People" program on Erie station WFLP, drew an outraged response from Heinz spokesman Grant Oliphant.

"If he made a comment like that, I feel like shoving his teeth down his throat," Oliphant said.

Santorum said he was quoting a report in the New York Post that Heinz, widow of Sen. John Heinz, had been keeping company with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. In his radio comments, he did not identify Kerry. A Santorum spokesman said later that he believed the congressman was referring, in fact, to an article in The Washington Post.

Heinz touched off a political furor last week when, in a speech at the University of Pittsburgh, she attacked Santorum as "the antithesis of John Heinz" and later told a reporter she would not vote for him.

Yesterday, during the live broadcast in Erie, Grossman asked Santorum if he saw some "hidden agenda" to the Heinz statement.

"Well, there was an article in the New York Post yesterday or a couple of days ago that actually sort of addressed that," Santorum said. "The article was talking about how she was dating a Democratic senator from Massachusetts."

Grossman: "Is that really true?"

Santorum: "Yeah, she does, that's what I understand." A brief pause followed and Santorum said, "Uh, uh, you know, I shouldn't say she does. I don't know if she does. That's what the reports are. Everybody has their agenda. That's fine. She's entitled to her opinion."

A boiling mad Oliphant demanded an apology last night.

"He's bared his soul in a very ugly way," Oliphant said. He called the remark "low" and "incredibly sexist."

"It's the sort of statement that never gets made about men, but that men like Rick Santorum will make when they're desperate. He's trying to devalue her intellectual analysis and personal convictions by saying they flow from a romantic agenda."

Oliphant said last night that Heinz and Kerry "are friends and they're close friends. Beyond that, that's her personal life and it has no bearing on her analysis of Rick Santorum."

Mike Mihalke, Santorum's press secretary, said the candidate "was recounting a news story" in his comments.

"I can't speculate into how she makes up her mind in terms of who she is or is not going to vote for," Mihalke said.

THK, this one's for you!

[MBS]

4. I heard Casey's victory speech

. . and he specifically said that he was "thinking of Lewis Wofford and John Heinz tonight." And he got a big roar for that.

[mloutre]

5. I hadn't thought of that, but...

... you're correct. It just makes our finally enforcing a No-Santorum Zone all that much more sweet.

[blm]

6. You are right - the Heinz / Kerrys have had their eye on doing that for some time

and as soon as Bob Casey Jr. was ready they backed him every step of the way.

What a relief for them.

[demdiva]

7. A happy day for the Heinz family!!!!!!!!

Whoo hoooooooooo

[politicasista]

8. Yippie Momma T!

Congratulations to her and the rest of the Heinz family.:bounce: