Losing Specter may end up being the best thing that ever happened to us:
Uncomfortable town hall meetings are just the tip of the iceberg for Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. He now trails Republican Pat Toomey by double digits in his bid for reelection next year and is viewed unfavorably by a majority of the state’s voters.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters shows 48% would vote for Toomey if the election were held today. Just 36% would vote for Specter while four percent (4%) prefer a third option, and 12% are not sure.
These figures reflect a dramatic reversal since June. At that time, before the public health care debate began, Specter led Toomey by eleven…
…If Congressman Joe Sestak is the Democratic nominee instead of Specter, Toomey still leads but by a smaller margin. The polling shows 43% for Toomey and 35% for Sestak. In June, Sestak had a six-point edge over Toomey.
We might be trading a wet noodle RINO for a rock-ribbed conservative. It is still a very long way out, but its been my experience in politics that not too many people recover from the level of negative Specter has reached. The Dems better figure a way to dump him in favor of Sestak or they’ll have a nearly insurmountable problem in PA next year.
Right now, Specter has a 13 point lead over Sestak in the Dem primary, but I expect that number will start to shift as Democrats start to see the writing on the wall. What will remain to be seen is whether or not the Democrat leadership starts to wise up – they do seem rather out to lunch and they may stick with Specter.
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