Posted on 03/05/2009 5:16:39 PM PST by GOPGuide
Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) will challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in a primary for the second straight cycle, according to Pennsylvania GOP sources.
The Allentown Morning Call reported Thursday that two friends of Toomey’s have said the Club for Growth chief has decided to enter the race.
Toomey narrowly lost to Specter in a 2004 primary by less than 1 percent and recently said he was considering another run.
The paper quotes Richard Thulin, leader of the Lehigh Valley Republican Network, saying in an e-mail to supporters that "Pat's formal announcement will be forthcoming.
"Interesting news," he wrote. "Pat Toomey asked me to let you know that he has decided to challenge Arlen Specter."
Reached late Thursday, Thulin confirmed the details of the e-mail, as first reported by the Morning Call.
A Pennsylvania GOP source confirmed that he has talked to Toomey in recent days, and Toomey said he would run.
Specter has drawn jeers from the GOP for his vote in favor of the current stimulus package, in which he was joined by only two other GOP senators.
A spokeswoman for the Club for Growth could not immediately be reached for comment.
RINO hunting time!
Run Pat Run!
Sooooooo... you still voting for liberal Arlen in the GOP primary because Bush tells you to?
Maybe we’ll get lucky and the dem turnout is low as it tends to be in off year elections and the repubs get motivated. I can’t believe we’ve actually got a strong chance to win one in NY so anything’s possible.
Hasn’t he learned? The GOP will really clobber him this time.
No, Santorum should just fade off into the Virginia sunset, never to be heard from again....
For the millionth time Murtha was not re-elected by all the people of Pennsylvania, just those in his district. And Lynn Swann ran a terrible campaign. He was barely there as a candidate.
I don’t know about Toomey. If he wants to have a chance he’d better start early and get his name out there. I don’t know of many people where I live who would be very aware of him.
Don’t bet on it. He’s a piece of work. He’ll do what he can to sabotage Toomey. He fancies himself as the savior, not Pat.
I really think the man is ill, as in sick in the head.
Oh yeah, and liberals will recant, the sun will rise in the west, and St. Ricky will apologize. Yeah, riiiiiight.
Where do we send the check?
And the check and the check and the check......did I say send the check?
Arlen seeeee yaaaaa!
Yes, that was the first time I was really mad at Bush. Pretty mad at Santorum too. The Pope (John Paul II at the time) had just come out with a statement about pro-life politicians and voting. He expressly stated that when there is a clear choice between a pro-life and a pro-abortion politician, Catholics are obliged, ceteris paribus, to support the pro-lifer. Bush's abdication was terrible, but Santorum's was arguably worse.
Basically, it was nothing more than a bunch of trucks with aborted babies on the side (fetuses).
Some people felt that pro-life action like that helped narrow that particular race...
Where do we send the check?
And the check and the check and the check......did I say send the check?
Arlen seeeee yaaaaa!
Hope not.
Vote for Toomey.
The only correct thought that Spector ever had was the Single Bullet Theory.
Toomey’s been palling around with Mitt Romney. I have no reason to trust him.
I guess that's probably better than palling around with McCain. In any event he'll be a huge improvement over Arlen.
It’s time for Arlen to GO! Let’s go Pat!
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