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.
I voted for Clymer.
I`m still not so sure, I voted for Jim Clymer(constitution party) Hoeffel led the race most of the night. And I did like a previous post which referred to Mr. Toomey as Gov. Toomey. Now as soon as we can impeach or recall Ed Rendell...