Email Blast from Tom Smith: CLUB FOR GROWTH GIVES CASEY LOWEST SCORE

Tom Smith (R-PA-Senate)

For Immediate Release

February 29, 2012

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CLUB FOR GROWTH GIVES CASEY LOWEST SCORE

“Democrat Bob Casey at the very bottom of all U.S. Senators in promoting “pro-growth policies”

Club for Growth Gives Casey Lowest Score

Colby Itkowitz

The Morning Call

February 29, 2012

The conservative Club for Growth, once run by Pat Toomey, listed Democrat Bob Casey at the very bottom of all U.S. Senators in promoting “pro-growth policies.”

…Casey and Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown are the only two U.S. senators to receive a score of zero on the club’s 2011 scorecard. A number of votes and other actions went into computing the score…Some of the factors considered were a lawmaker’s support for lowering income taxes, cutting spending, and promoting free trade. Casey voted last year against free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, warning repercussions for Pennsylvania workers.

“Bob Casey has voted for every big-government bill that’s come his way, whether it’s the bank bailout, ObamaCare, or Obama’s failed stimulus. Calling Bob Casey a centrist is like calling Allen Iverson stingy.” Barney Keller, Club for Growth spokesman, said in an e-mail when questioned about Casey’s low score…

There’s long been a struggle to typecast Casey, a pro-life Democrat, as a moderate or as a liberal. In press releases his office has referred to him as a “moderate,” but Republicans are always eager to paint him as far left, especially with him up for re-election this fall.

…The Club for Growth has not endorsed in the primary race, but will likely invest in the Republican nominee and/or fund Casey attack ads. Its super PAC spent more than $2 million against Joe Sestak in the 2010 Senate race versus Toomey.

Read the full report HERE.