RINO down. Good news.
WOOHOO!!
Jolly good.
Spectre (mispelling intentional) is DOA in the PA republican Primary this time, no doubt. That doesn’t mean that he won’t wind up running as an indy in the general and winning. However he definately will not win the republican primary, his support of the porkulus was the last straw.
Its great to see how Republicans in Pennsylvania have not forgotten Specter’s treason
Go home and don’t go in front of a camera again, Specter.
Too late. The damage is done. To h*ll with the PA GOP.
Waaaay too early to get excited.
So then, will the national GOP endorse Toomey’s Democratic opponent in the general?
The powers that be will circle the wagons around the more valuable rinos.
Which ones are expendible which ones are savable.
So far, McCain has a so so challenge.
Specter has a serious challenge.
Crist has NOBODY serious challenging him.
Snow? is she up yet?
NOW which democrats are vulnerable in the senate?
Dodd is tapping into his tarp recipient buddies.
It is not enough to eliminate rinos from the primaries, we have to challenge CREDIBLY the democrat incumbants.
Good news for our PA Freepers...now if WE could do something with Harkin here in IA!!
Great news. Let’s hope that that Arlen doesn’t snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as he did last time (with the administration’s help, of course).
EXCELLENT news!
Here’s hoping that it survives the inevitable infusion of funds to Specter’s campaign by the RNSC and the slew of endorsements from Mike Steele and on down the line of “official” Republicans.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter trails former Congressman Pat Toomey by 21 points in an early look at Pennsylvania’s 2010 Republican Primary. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters statewide say they’d vote for Toomey while just 30% would support Specter.
Specter is viewed favorably by 42% of Pennsylvania Republicans and unfavorably by 55%, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. Those are stunningly poor numbers for a long-term incumbent senator. Specter was first elected to the Senate in 1980.
Toomey, who served in the House from 1999 to 2005, earns positive reviews from 66% and negative comments from just 19%.
his time around, things could be even more challenging for Specter. He was one of only three Republicans in the Congress to vote for President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Pennsylvania Republicans said they were less likely to vote for Specter because of his support for the stimulus package.
In another sign that could be troubling for Specter, the current poll finds that 79% of Pennsylvania Republicans have a favorable opinion of the “Tea Party” protests against big government spending and higher taxes held across the nation last week. Thirty percent (30%) know someone personally who took part. Overall, 82% of Pennsylvania Republicans say that the federal government has too much money and too much power. Just four percent (4%) say it has too little.
Specter leads Toomey by just eight points among moderate Republicans statewide, but Toomey holds a solid advantage among conservative Republicans.
In 2004, Specter benefitted from the fact that the official Republican establishment strongly backed his candidacy against Toomey. Early indications are that he will not enjoy such support this time around.
If Toomey pulls this off, I have one question. WHY hasn’t this happened before? For that matter, why do so many people, especially Ted Kennedy, get basically a lifetime pass to the show? Are the masses really that uncaring that they go by name-recognition and nothing else?
Another NO for the big O.
So will Specter try to make a Right turn or a Left turn to pick up support? I’m guessing left...but either way he’s screwed.
Bush made the mistake of trusting and campaigning for this idiot.
I think John Cornyn has done so this time.
Will they never learn?