Why the Pennsylvania Senate Race is Close

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) gave a frank assessment to the Scranton Times-Tribune of why Sen. Bob Casey (D) is in a much closer than expected re-election race with Tom Smith (R).

Said Rendell: “Casey? He hasn’t run a campaign. He’s run one ad, a stupid tea party ad. The tea party ad isn’t bad, but that’s all they’ve run. They’ve run a non-campaign up until now, and Smith has put a lot of money into the campaign. … You start spending money, that’ll change.”