See, this is where I disagree. Even if Kerry narrowly carried PA, I think Toomey would've still won by a few points (if Santorum could do it in '00 even as Gore was winning, so could Toomey). Hoeffel is far too leftist for PA as a whole and was a weak nominee to begin with. Specter has too many negatives against him for us to have even remotely considered him for another term (his age - no PA Senator has ever lived or stayed to the end of their term being elected that old; his "performance" during impeachment; his unreliability on any number of votes; and the damage he will inflict as Judiciary Chairman; and his poor health). We may be able to "devote more resources" to other states, but if Specter is all we can manage to have for an example of candidates being "self-supporting", I have to seriously question why the GOP would even deserve to maintain the majority when all we have are de facto Democrats. I cannot in good conscience urge a vote for Specter at all, his renomination was nothing but a travesty.
"Even if Kerry narrowly carried PA, I think Toomey would've still won by a few points (if Santorum could do it in '00 even as Gore was winning, so could Toomey)."