Google Dede Scozzafava and special election.
The extent to which people weight the Specter endorsement is utterly insane.
Honestly, people need a speck of perspective. Specter was extremely supportive of Santorum when he first ran for Senate, and anyone with a shred of loyalty or gratitude would have been willing to pay that back.
Yes, Specter was a piece of work, and when I lived in PA I always voted against him in the primary. However he did do some important votes (ask Clarence Thomas) so there was some reason to tolerate him.
If the best real argument people have against Santorum is endorsing Specter, then people who are pushing Newt (I’d like to state I like both of them) must be wearing some pretty amazing blinders to forget Pelosi on the couch and working for Fannie.