If GWB hadn’t bailed him out in his last election, Pat Toomey would be in that seat even now.
Santorum endorsed Spector too.
If Toomey could not win a majority of the Republican primary vote, there is no way he could win a majority of Republican and Democrat votes.
If Toomey could have won, Bush would never have campaigned for Specter.
Toomey is a conservative. The Toomey campaign for the nomination made sure that every voter in PA knew that both Toomey and Rick Santorum were conservatives. As I predicted at the time that resulted in Specter being re-elected and Santorum being defeated at the next election.
Running as a conservative in PA only results in defeat. Santorum had been elected as a moderate and governed as a conservative. Defeating Santorum was apparently what Toomey and his supporters wanted most. Either that, or they are too ignorant of PA politics to even understand what it takes to win in a moderate dominated state like PA.
Arlen Spector, IMHO, has no respect for anyone other than his ego.
President Bush campaign for him and Spector won on W's coat tails.
Can anyone tell me what goes through the folks in Pennsylvania’s mind? All I can think of is PORK.
BTW, where on line can I find the 48 hour posting of the “stimulus” bill? Maybe it's so transparent my computer can't see it.
Arlen Specter is GWB’s kind of Senator.
Is it any shock that one campaigned for the other? They are ideological soul mates.
so true..