The ABC blog report is careful not to quote any Republicans who think this is a major blow to the party. Instead “National Republican strategists” are cited. Who the H are national republican strategists? McCain’s handlers? The editorial board at the NYT? Who? The national media wants a food fight in the GOP primary in PA in order to discredit the GOP. Sadly for them they didn’t get one in Ridge opposing Toomey. They would love nothing more than for conservatives to be defeated by a lukewarm moderate.
If the PA Republican Party won’t support Toomey...his ca$h will come from outside the state.
I don’t get to listen to a lot of talk radio...but when the polling showed that Toomey could win against Specter in the R primary, both Rush and Hannity were all over it (and I heard their support/glee in the brief amounts of listening I do)...so I think nationally, a few well placed “sound bytes” on conservative talk radio could bring some heavy coin to Mr. Toomey’s warchest.
Bill Russell...who tried to unseat John Murtha...had a lot of out of state donors (during a Presidential election). Toomey, I believe will get help as well.