PHILLY.COM / AP: It’s the comparison to eight years ago that nags at some Republicans.
Then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum was deemed unworthy of re-election by 47 percent of voters surveyed in an independent poll 14 months before he lost to Bob Casey in a landslide that shook Pennsylvania politics.
Now many Republicans are watching with growing unease as Gov. Tom Corbett’s poll numbers deteriorate. In late August – 14 months before voters decide on their next governor – the same pollster, Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, said 69 percent of registered voters did not believe Corbett deserves a second term… (more)
