DOES THE MEDIA LIVE ON THE SAME PLANET AS THE REST OF US?

Gay Issue Causes Little Pain For Santorum Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Pennsylvania Voters Back Bush Over Likely Dems (Quinnipiac University, May 22, 2003)

Pennsylvania voters say 75 -- 17 percent that Sen. Rick Santorum should not resign his U.S. Senate leadership position because of his remarks about homosexuality, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released May 22.

Voters say 58 - 27 percent that homosexual behavior is morally wrong, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. But voters say 45 -- 35 percent that homosexual relations between consenting adults should be legal.

Sen. Santorum has a 55 -- 33 percent approval rating, with 12 percent undecided, compared to a 55 -- 20 percent approval in an April 10 Quinnipiac University poll, when 24 percent were undecided. [...]

President George W. Bush has a 64 -- 31 percent approval among Pennsylvania voters, and tops likely Democratic challengers in an early look at the 2004 presidential race.

The idea that Senator Santorum's remarks might do him political harm, especially in a state like PA, was always delusional.

Meanwhile, if George W. Bush can stay over 50% in PA, the 2004 election is over. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 22, 2003 10:32 AM