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Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Tom Ferrick Jr. column: Rick Santorum's housing problem.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- May 24, 2006
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Byline: Tom Ferrick Jr.
May 24--I've said time and again that if U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum loses reelection in November, a major reason will be the controversy surrounding his residency. Someone else shares my view: the Santorum campaign.
It went up this week with a radio ad in Pittsburgh attacking Bob Casey for "stalking" the Santorum family by using campaign operatives to spy on his home in the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills. The allegation the ad makes is nonsense, but it is useful nonsense. This ad is Santorum's attempt to neutralize this issue by turning it around so the discussion is not about his residency, but about his opponent. Let me ...