tom smith – Moe Lane

RS Interview: Tom Smith (R CAND, PA-SEN).

This is a race that has recently hit the radar, largely because Tom has seriously narrowed the gap between him and incumbent Senator Bob Casey – and if you don’t like a Republican-leaning pollster’s +2, well, there’s always Quinnipiac’s -3, or Morning Call’s -2. Heck, even the Democratic-leaning PPP had to struggle to get Casey at 50: amazing what you can get with a D+11 sample, huh? Anyway, we at RedState had spoken with Tom earlier in the year, and we are just as happy to check up with him on the state of the race now:

Tom’s site is here. Check him out.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

RS Interview: Tom Smith (R CAND, PA-SEN).

Pennsylvania’s going to be an interesting place this November: incumbent Senator Bob Casey is in the unenviable position of having to explain to half of his constituents why he’s not really like President Obama, while explaining to the other half why Bob Casey actually is. If you’re wondering how Senator Casey plans to square that circle; the plan is to ensure that he does not.

Along those lines RedState talked last week with Tom Smith, who won the Republican nomination for Senate. Tom is a businessman with a history in the coal industry – you know, the industry that Democrats hate – and we talked about both that, and the race generally: