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PHILADELPHIA--A 24-year incumbent U.S. senator shouldn't have trouble winning the nomination of his own party. But Arlen Specter is struggling to win tomorrow's GOP primary against Rep. Pat Toomey, a conservative who says that unlike Mr. Specter he "belongs to the Republican wing of the Republican Party." Mr. Specter's problems aren't merely his haphazard support for President Bush's agenda or his liberal stands on many issues. The clout he has in Congress brings home a lot of dollars for Pennsylvania, but along with them come innumerable stories that he intimidates and bullies opponents and allies alike.....

As Pennsylvania's white-hot GOP Senate primary nears the finish line, the National Right to Work Committee today will make a final effort to inform voters that Rep. Pat Toomey outpaces Senator Arlen Specter by three or four lengths on compulsory unionism, union violence, and related matters of concern to wage earners. "Starting Monday morning, we will contact by phone NRTW members in Pennsylvania and possibly other identified supporters to remind them of the positions of the candidates on right-to-work-related issues," says NRTW vice president Stefan Gleason. The group will try to reach out and touch at least 65,000 people. Each...