Senate Candidate in Mifflin County

Washington Post columnist Harold Myerson is tagging along with the Democrat running for U.S. Senate and posts this interesting piece about a campaign stop in Mifflin County. I found one segment particularly interesting:

He is also studiedly vague about what we should do in Iraq -- though he's not vague at all when finding fault with Santorum's willingness to stay the course with George W. Bush, whatever that course may be. "Rick Santorum never asked any tough questions of the president about the war, about our strategy, about our exit and occupation strategies, about the body armor we gave our troops," Casey tells an appreciative audience at a Steelworkers union hall in Lewistown (where the steel mill that once employed thousands of workers now employs 500).

I find this interesting because Mr. Casey, while calling for tough questioning on the war, has 1. failed to articulate a clear policy about the war, 2. refused to come out against the war, and 3. repeatedly ducks tough questions about the issues himself. How can he demand tough questions when he refuses to answer tough questions? One of my guest writers queried his campaign about three issues and they refused to provide answers. In the two primary debates he refused to provide direct answers about several issues.

I think voters are entitled to answers to tough questions from both candidates.