[gridlock]

DLTDHYOTWO, Arlen.

So, how do you think a three-way fight would play out?

Maybe Alen would draw more from the Democrat side, and a disciplined Republican campaign could prevail.

[kabar]

“A candidate who loses in a primary cannot run as an independent in the general election,” said Leslie Amoros, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of State.”

Specter is disadvantaged by the fact that Pennsylvania’s primaries are closed; independents and Democrats are barred from voting in the GOP contest.