Specter-Toomey turnout low! Good Toomey News!

National Review / The Corner ^ | 4/27/04 | KJL

[Josh in PA]

STUFF FROM PA. [KJL] Most of this is cribbed from an email from a good, insidery source, with permission:

***Various sources in and around the Philadelphia suburbs report unusually low turnout. This is good news for Toomey, because the white-bread upper-middle class suburbs are the hot bed of squishy Republicanism.

***Broadly, polling sites have shown low turnout to this point. Poll officials outside of Harrisburg and north of Troy report low turnout. At one polling place outside of Troy, about 10 percent of registered Republicans had voted before 2 p.m. Low turnout statewide helps Toomey, because conservative Toomey backers are bound to show up, while Specter's backers will be more likely to decide something else is more worth their while.

***Weather so far has been good. Weather Channel, however, forecasts ugly weather, maybe rain or sleet in Philadelphia tonight. Doppler shows rain just hitting Philly. Rain may be spotty, rather than a big storm. Sleet hit Pittsburgh earlier today according to source in Allegheny Co.

***An exit poll in Lancaster Co. shows a slim lead for Toomey, 52-48. But this is very unscientific. It was of 113 voters at 23 polling places in the Co.

***A statewide conservative call-in show welcomed listeners to debate the race. Right away, they had Toomey callers. It took them 19 minutes to get a Specter backer on the air.

***Unscientific interviews show all late breakers going Toomey's way. This is promising for the 4-10 percent undecideds in most recent polls. Many pro-lifers are backing Specter because of Santorum's and Bush's endorsements, we also found.

***Specter had recorded phone calls going into central Pa. last night, with the voice of President Bush (likely from last Monday's rally in Pittsburgh) expressing his full support for Specter. Specter has spent his last $5 on get-out-the-vote efforts. The Philadelphia Inquirer carried the headline about the race above the fold on page A-1.

***A good source has spoken to folks at seven polling places. None of them had Specter workers present.

[GOP_1900AD]

Go Toomey!

[Tribune7]

Man, I hope this is good info.

[ken5050]

Can PA pro-lifers be that gullible?

[MVV]

Voted for Toomey as did two others in my family, hope he pulls this one off! Specter be GONE!

[ladyinred]

Keeping my fingers crossed!
Hit the road Arlen!

[Tribune7]

Can PA pro-lifers be that gullible?

They voted for Rendell.

[Patriot62]

Doesn't Specter have a better chance of beating the Dem challenger in November? If we lose Specter's seat to the Dems we are risking losing our senate majority! And don't tell me that Specter always voted with the Dems anyway, It;'s better to have a Republican voting with the Dems than a Dem voting with the Dems. There are distinct proceduaral advantages to a Repub majoirty in the Senate that go above and beyond winning this or that vote.

[Integrityrocks]

How come Bush is supporting Spector when he votes against Bush's judge appointments?

[ExSoldier]

"Can PA pro-lifers be that gullible?

The same thing can be said of that state's gun owners. How long has Spector been in the Senate? There's your answer. For that matter how stoopid can the electorate from South Dakota be to keep giving little tommy daschle HIS salary term after term when he keeps trying to erode their rights?

[ken5050]

That was the margin?

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

Do you think maybe a lot of Specter's supporters don't know he's in trouble, or are simply more apathetic than Toomey's voters? I hardly hear about a groundswell for Specter, but with Toomey, it's signs, rallies, you name it. Specter's voters must be invisible.

[ken5050]

When "pro-lifers" are dmentioned in political discussions, it usually refers to "one-issue" candidates...Lok, here in NY we have the Conservative Party and the Right-toLife Party, f' pete's sake.....go figure that one out..I can't...that's why I was questioning the statement in the article...regards..

[Petronski]

Can PA pro-lifers be that gullible?

What does that mean?

[Tribune7]

Rendell's pro abort. A lot of Santorum Dems went for him. Of course, the pro-abort pubbies also went for him but they knew what they were getting.

A lot of gun owners went for him, thinking he was much more conservative than he is. Rendell is a good pol, I'll give him that.

[Fzob]

How come Bush is supporting Spector when he votes against Bush's judge appointments?

Because Toomey (in theory) will have a much harder time winning the general election than Arlen the RINO.

[nygoose]

We already have the House, Senate and Presidency. We're still heading toward destruction. They want the USA destroyed.

[ken5050]

See my #13, in response to the line in the article...

[deport]

How come Bush is supporting Spector when he votes against Bush's judge appointments?

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Curious... which ones has he voted against?

[AmishDude]

Rendell has that John Gotti charm. In every sense of that comparison. Also, Rendell campaigned almost exclusively on cutting the property tax.