SCRANTON - Senator Robert Casey hit the campaign trail yesterday on behalf of the candidate he has endorsed, Illinois Senator Barack Obama. The two men mingled with voters at one of Senator Casey’s favorite local hangouts, The House of Beige. The move was viewed by many in the press corps as an attempt to assuage the fears of Pennsylvania primary voters that Senator Obama is out of touch with ordinary people.The meeting at the popular downtown establishment occurred several days after Obama’s rival for the Democratic nomination, Senator Hillary Clinton, was observed consuming a shot of Jim Beam in an Indiana tavern. Jostling with the lunchtime crowd, Senator Casey pushed his colleague from Illinois to the bar.
“The usual, Senator?” asked the smiling barkeep, before sliding a glass of warm milk in front of him. Casey quickly polished off his drink, but was careful to leave a slight trace of a moustache over his lip. “Do you know this stuff is chock full of vitamins and calcium that build strong teeth and bones?” he asked Senator Obama. “Sure do,” he replied. “It does a body good.” Casey then inquired about obtaining some toll-house cookies. “I’m sorry,” he was told, “but our oven is broken. Come back tomorrow.” At this, he flew into a rage, cursing and screaming until aides calmed him down. The Casey/Obama tour of ordinary places continues today, with a visit to a Lancaster yarn factory.
