Not so in Pennsylvania's primary election for Senate on Tuesday. Here voters have a choice between vanilla and chocolate-fudge brownie. The contrasts in the voting records of incumbent Arlen Specter and challenger Pat Toomey could hardly be more stark. To highlight those distinctions, I constructed a list below of the clarifying differences between what these two candidates stand for.
Toomey Specter National Taxpayers Union Rating Grade A Grade C+ Supports School choice for parents Yes No Position on Bush tax cut Make it much bigger Make it much smaller Medical Malpractice reform Yes No Trial Lawyer Campaign Support close to 0 $1.3 million # of Votes for Higher Taxes 0 6 Citizens Against Govt Waste A Rating Porker of the Year Amer. Conservative Union Rating 96 43 Support for Free Trade Yes Sometimes Taxpayer funds for abortions No Yes Support National Endowment for Arts No Yes Voted on $530 Medicare Drug Bill No Yes Private Accounts For Social Security Yes Depends on when he's asked Farm Subsidies No Yes