Post-Gazette
Bob Casey's lead over U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has stretched to 18 percentage points since early May, as Mr. Casey picked up new support and the Republican incumbent's approval rating skidded to a four-year low, according to a poll released today.
Mr. Casey, Pennsylvania's Democratic state treasurer, leads Mr. Santorum 52 to 34 percent --- the biggest margin since October, when the numbers were the same, according to the Quinnipiac University poll.
Only 38 percent of the respondents said they approved of the way Mr. Santorum, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, is handling his job. Forty-five percent said they disapproved and 16 percent did not express an opinion.
It was the first time the senator's approval rating had dropped below 40 percent since Quinnipiac began measuring it in June 2002. It also was the latest sign of distress for the outspoken conservative, an ally of President Bush on issues that included a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and private savings accounts for Social Security.
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