To all anti-Santorum posters, Santorum supported Specter because Pat Toomey isn`t well known enough in this state. I and many of us here would have supported Toomey, but Specter didn`t win his seat back by THAT much over a guy I can`t remember. Don`t be so quick to think Toomey would have won the seat, GWB didn`t win this state. To say Santorum should go down because of his support of Specter is stoopid. GWB supported Specter too. Santorum is a VERY viable VP candidate in '08 and would be rendered irrelevant if he was tossed from the senate in '06.
Specter had trouble because a significant portion of PA Republicans washed their hands of him years ago! I myself voted Libertarian (Betsy Summers). Toomey could have beaten Hoeffel--with difficulty, I admit--because that missing portion would have turned out strongly for Toomey. Remember, Santorum wins comfortably in PA. Furthermore, Toomey would have had much better name recognition than Hoeffel. He could have pulled it out.
"To say Santorum should go down because of his support of Specter is stoopid."
-- No, "Stoopid" is stupid.