"Arlen is a bright, able, well-spoken, well-educated Republican who has in his terms of office shown remarkable leadership and ability, and has accomplished many desirable goals for his constituents, his state and the nation."
NOT PROVEN!!!!!
And another thing, Karl Rove is behind Toomey running. He is doing this not because he thinks Toomey can win a primary and a general election, but to get Specter to be conservative on judicial nominees and vote for pro-life Supreme Court nominees if one of the Supremes retire later this year. If one member of the Supreme Court retires and Bush nominates a pro-life candidate, and Specter goes against that candidate, then Arlen would have hell to pay and the White House might sing a different tune about who they back.
BUT - in order to keep the right wing in PA at bay, Specter goes pro-life on judicial nominees and doesn't do anything stupid for the next year, and beats Toomey.
Toomey is bright, I like him and think he will be around for a while. For the Senate primary though, he is just a Karl Rove pawn - which is fine as long as it works.
And another thing, look for Toomey to possibly utilize the role Specter played as defense attorney to Ira Einhorn, in his campaign. I think Specter has gotten a free ride and never had to answer for being Einhorn's attorney and arranging for amazingly low bail. Einhorn skiped town - but was recently brought back to the US and thrown in jail for killing Holly Maddux. So much for Specter being for "LAW & ORDER" - he got a killer out on $4,000 bond!
"Nevertheless, even though it was unheard of for alleged murderers awaiting trial to be granted a release on bail, Ira Einhorn was granted bail. His attorney, former district attorney and soon-to-be U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, had engineered a miracle. Says Lopez, "Bail was set at a staggeringly low $40,000, only $4,000 of it needed to walk free. It was paid by Barbara Bronfman, a Montreal socialite who had married into the Seagram distillery family and met Einhorn through a common interest in the paranormal."
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/einhorn/bonded_2.html?sect=13
Amen to that, and I know a whole bunch of ex mill-hunks who are STILL waiting for the final report of Specter's *task force* on the Dolly Rolling Mill. You know, the one he was re-elected on about 3 elections ago? Before the Mon Valley died?
ANYTIME you ask Specter about anything, he promises a *task force* or an *inquirey.* Nothing ever happens. People forget. And the Philly Labor bosses keep getting him re-elected. Freakin' flunky.