Posted on 04/24/2009 4:33:36 PM PDT by Salena Zito
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (R) finds himself down 21 points to former Rep. Pat Toomey in a potential 2010 Republican primary, according to a new Rasmussen poll. Specter now has a 42%/55% favorability rating, while Toomey enjoys a 66%/19% rating.
Toomey lost to Specter by a slim margin in the 2004 Senate primary, but in an on-camera interview with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Salena Zito, Toomey said things are different this time.
"It's a very different race," Toomey said. "I think the press has figured out that this time the outcome is going to be different."
"Let me assure you, I wasn't waiting around to do this. I had no intention of running again," he said. "And then all of a sudden I saw our federal government doing things that I never thought was possible."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Good news. I needed it!
Pooooooor Arlen Sphincter... NOT!
Is there any way to recall Specter before that anger wanes?
well said :)
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