Posted on 04/27/2004 12:15:08 PM PDT by jmstein7
Moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, facing the toughest primary race of any incumbent senator, fought for his political life on Tuesday against a conservative challenge that could influence the battles for control of the Senate and White House.
Specter, a four-term senator from Pennsylvania and one of the last of the Senate's moderate Republicans, went into Tuesday's voting with a narrow lead in polls over conservative Rep. Pat Toomey in a race seen by both sides as an ideological struggle for the party's future.
An upset defeat of Specter would give Democrats an unexpected shot at picking up a Senate seat in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where Democrats narrowly outnumber Republicans.
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I just returned from proudly casting my vote for Toomey. I hope my predictions prove incorrect and Toomey wins. It will be absolutley sickening to witness Specter's fifth senatorial victory, especially knowing he won most of his endorsements through threats, intimidation, back room deals, exploitation, quid pro quos, and outright lying.
Specter is nothing but a backstabbing democrat in Republican clothing and two of his closest political PA pals are ED Rendell and Lynne Abraham. I could easily fall asleep at night attempting to count the reasons NOT to vote for him. And at this point there isn't a single good reason to vote for him.
I was split too but the words "guilty but not proven" kept ringing in my ears. This was my chance to pay Specter back for Clinton and Bork.
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