WRONG!
In 2000, when Santorum still ran as an unadulterated conservative, he won while Bush lost by 200,000 votes.
My flaming liberal niece voted for Gore and Santorum.
This country especially a state like PA used to split tickets more. In the last five years voters have tended to choose one side or another. 2000 was a totally different political landscape. I'll stick with what I said I can't imagine that their were that many people who voted for Kerry in Pa who would have voted for Toomey.
Bush ran ahead of the gop senate candidates. In Florida Bush ran ahead of Martinez. Bush was the incumbent and still lost in Pa by 3 percent. Toomey would have probably ran behind Bush in PA. Also remember that Santorum was the incumbent in 2000 which helped him in that political enviornment.
PA has become a very socially rino state. The philly suburbs have trended far left. Throw in the two big cities and PA is a tough state for a conservative republican. Only reason Bush was even close in PA was because of the security moms. Toomey wouldn't have had that going for him. I was for Toomey just to get Specter out of the Judiciary Chairmanship even though I knew Toomey couldn't win in a state like PA.