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Poll last week showed Specter in Trouble
A Rasmussen poll among likely Republican voters taken last week showed Sen. Arlen Specter's opponent for the 2010 Republican primary, Pat Toomey, with a massive lead over the 28-year incumbent.
The results were:
Pat Toomey- 51%
Arlen Specter- 30%
Some Other Candidate- 9%
Not sure- 10%
That same poll showed 58% of Pennsylvania Republicans saying they were less likely to vote for Specter after he
voted for President Obama's stimulus bill earlier this year. Specter was one of three Senate Republicans to vote for the bill, while no House Republicans voted for it.
Specter will hold a press conference later today to answer questions about his switch. The Capitolist will report back.
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The results were:
Pat Toomey- 51%
Arlen Specter- 30%
Some Other Candidate- 9%
Not sure- 10%
That same poll showed 58% of Pennsylvania Republicans saying they were less likely to vote for Specter after he
voted for President Obama's stimulus bill earlier this year. Specter was one of three Senate Republicans to vote for the bill, while no House Republicans voted for it.
Specter will hold a press conference later today to answer questions about his switch. The Capitolist will report back.
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Patricia Murphy writes "The Capitolist" column for PoliticsDaily.com. She is the founder of Citizen Jane Politics, a non-partisan website for women... more
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Ares
1:05PM Apr 28th 2009
Well now we know why he switched parties - had to avoid embarrassment. Good riddance you hook-nosed, frizzy-haired Jew traitor.
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james
2:00PM Apr 28th 2009
So instead of letting the people decide an election , specter is going to switch parties so he won't face a losing re-election??? i guess McCain should have ran as a dem. so he could have been president. what a pathetic coward.
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(4) cnakao534
6:09PM Apr 28th 2009
Age caught up with people like him.
Most are there so long and to old in there they can't think right.
Life time leeches .
Just see how much they get from retirement and etc. All for free.
Most are there so long and to old in there they can't think right.
Life time leeches .
Just see how much they get from retirement and etc. All for free.
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(2) ljw
1:00AM Apr 29th 2009
I think this shows how far right the republican party has moved. If you don't vote pretty much the Republican line you are out! I blame this on people like Rush who has led his followers to think that if it has anything to do with a Democrat it (or he or she) should be burned to the stake. People like him has caused such a great divide in the parties that there is hardly any middle ground any more. It is one thing to express your opinions but another to call the other side mean and hateful.
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(-2) MARCIA BARACALDO
4:23PM Apr 28th 2009
NOW HE WILL DISGRACE THE democrat side. GO SCUM WE DON'T NEED A CORRUPTED SENATOR LIKE YOU and you FIT better in the DEMOCRAT ISLE.
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(4) Gene Richardson
3:10PM Apr 28th 2009
It seems the political winds are blowing left, big surprise, another politician that can see which way the wind is blowing. I was around for President Johnson's "Great Society", God it took us 30 years to get over that political wind storm. I hope we are smarter this time.
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(0) john a suillivan
5:42PM Apr 28th 2009
Why get so upset over Senator Specters' decision to switch parties? He
must have been disgusted with the way the Republican party has grossly
put this country to its' knees in the last eight years. He knew we had
few friends abroad, our financial system ws shot and the mass of the true Black-Hearted Republicans would do everything possible to thwart
the plans of the smartest group ever to assist the Presidency. It is time for all to work together to save our country rather than criticism
vindictive, selfish assaults against our government. Let us all pray.
must have been disgusted with the way the Republican party has grossly
put this country to its' knees in the last eight years. He knew we had
few friends abroad, our financial system ws shot and the mass of the true Black-Hearted Republicans would do everything possible to thwart
the plans of the smartest group ever to assist the Presidency. It is time for all to work together to save our country rather than criticism
vindictive, selfish assaults against our government. Let us all pray.
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(0) cartige123
9:07PM Apr 28th 2009
What's the big deal did everyone forget that he was a Democrat switched to the Republican party and now he switched back!
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(2) giles chauvin
1:59AM Apr 29th 2009
he musta found out that saddam didn't attack on 9-11 with wmd's.
wonder who told him.
wonder who told him.
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