Democrats will be Democrats — seek to boot Greens in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is crying foul and fraud on three Green Party candidates’ attempts to get on the ballot, including a challenger in the U.S. Senate race between Republlican Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey.

Of course, here’s what the Democrats really fear:

Green Party Senate candidate Carl Romanelli’s support of abortion rights could help him draw votes from Democratic state Treasurer Bob Casey who also is seeking to unseat Santorum. Casey and Santorum oppose abortion rights.

Democrats also don’t like that Republican donors funded most of the Greens’ petition efforts, as happened with Ralph Nader’s 2004 presidential campaign.

Well, when you’re a marginalized third party, sometimes you do what you have to do.