Santorum poll

Today's Post-Gazette has a story about a Quinnipiac poll that, among other interesting facts, has Bush's approval rating at 37% and also shows Santorum trailing Casey badly. We're way out from the election, of course, and things change, but I do like this:

" In a trial heat against his anticipated opponent next year, state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., Mr. Santorum trailed by the daunting margin of 52 to 34 percent."

Salon.com yesterday ran an interesting piece by Sidney Blumenthal (yes, a Democratic operative) arguing that the seams in the formerly seamless Republican operation (judiary-executive-legislative-lobbying-corporations-churches) are coming apart. Blumenthal takes it on faith that Rove is, in fact, the one figure at the center of everything, and that he may be about to go down. I'll believe that when I see it, but it is nice to see the dominoes falling: deLay, the White House procurement chief David Safavian, Abramoff, Frist, Libby, Rove, etc. Let's see if they stay down.