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Specter-Sestak Dogfight Tops Senate 'Super Tuesday' Primaries
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyJoe Sestak saved the unkindest cut for last: He is reminding Pennsylvania voters in a wickedly effective TV ad that Sen. Arlen Specter used to be ... a Republican. And that's been enough to turn Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary into a cliffhanger. Obviously it was no secret that Specter had been a GOP senator for 29 of his 30 years in Washington. But the ad -- the sight of Specter in the embrace of George W. Bush and former Sen. Rick Santorum, Specter hovering beside Sarah Palin -- apparently was too much for many Democrats. Now polls show the race is even. The suspenseful Pennsylvania ...
New SEIU President Mary Kay Henry Puts Focus on Politics, Labor Unity
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe new president of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union, a powerhouse in U.S. campaigns, is putting more money into politics and more effort into cultivating smooth relations with other unions. In an interview with Politics Daily, President Mary Kay Henry also said reports that SEIU is broke are wrong. Henry, 52, elected to succeed Andy Stern, in some ways has a tough act to follow. Stern, the president for 14 years, doubled the size of the union during that time by expanding from health personnel to janitors, child-care workers and home health aides. He spent $60 ...
Arlen Specter, New Democrat: How Do You Catch a Cloud and Pin It Down?
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyHARRISBURG, Pa. -- Sen. Arlen Specter, who left the Republican Party exactly a year ago to become a Democrat, recently signaled another shift, this one on confirmation of Supreme Court justices. "I'm rethinking the standards of how I approach the decision on a nominee," Specter told the Pennsylvania Press Club. As the 30-year Senate veteran explained why, it was hard to avoid wondering: Was he offering a rationale, or a rationalization? The question arises on a regular basis in connection with Specter, 80, whose quirky, legalistic and sometimes opportunistic operating mode brings to mind ...
Specter Leading Toomey in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Sen. Arlen Specter is leading former Republican Rep.Pat Toomey 47 percent to 41 percent with 12 percent undecided, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted March 8-10. The margin of error is 4 points. Both candidates get an equal amount of support from members of their own parties, while Specter leads among independents 46 percent to 41 percent with 13 percent undecided. The Research 2000 poll's findings were about the same as a Quinnipiac University poll conducted late February. Toomey has a statistically insignificant lead over Specter's challenger in the ...
Republican Toomey Widens Leads in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Republican Rep. Pat Toomey leads both Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak, who is challenging Specter for their party's nomination, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 18. Toomey, who headed the conservative Club for Growth after leaving Congress, bests Specter 49 percent to 40 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 8 percent undecided. He leads Sestak 43 percent to 35 percent with 6 percent preferring some other candidate and 16 percent undecided. Last month, Toomey led Specter 46 percent to 42 percent and Sestak by 44 percent to 38 ...
Specter and Toomey Are Tied in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter holds a big lead over his Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak, he is locked in a dead-even race with former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey in a general election match-up, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Dec. 8-14. Specter leads Sestak 53 percent to 30 percent with 16 percent undecided. In October, Specter's lead was 44 percent to 25 percent, with 28 percent undecided. When it comes to the general election, Specter and Toomey are at 44 percent each with 8 percent undecided. They have been within a point of each other in this poll ...
Pressure From the Right: GOP Candidates Bet On Obama Fatigue
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyJohn McCain rails against a bipartisan global warming bill two years after sponsoring one himself? He says he's "dear friends" with Sarah Palin and enjoyed her book? The one that trashes his 2008 presidential campaign? Strange, I thought. Then I saw a poll that showed the sometime maverick-moderate vulnerable to a primary challenge next year from the right.The Republican primary process has triggered an epidemic of identity crises among prominent and promising Republicans. Between Sarah Palin, tea parties, and the Club For Growth, there are Senate candidates scurrying rightward on everything ...
Pennsylvania Senate Race Marked by Indecision and Specter's Low Marks
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe Pennsylvania Senate race is marked at this point by a high number of undecideds, but Sen. Arlen Specter leads Rep. Joe Sestak in a Democratic primary, while Specter runs neck-and-neck with Republican Pat Toomey in a general election match-up and Sestak lags behind Toomey, according to a Franklin & Marshall poll conducted Oct. 20-25. ...
Arlen Specter's Primary Problem in Pennsylvania
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySen. Arlen Specter, who switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party when faced with a GOP primary challenge, now finds himself with a slim lead over Rep. Joe Sestak, who is running against him for the Democratic nomination, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Oct. 13. ...
Ominous Signs for Specter's Re-Election Bid
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAlthough Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter leads his Democratic primary opponent and is running neck-and-neck in a general election matchup against Republican Pat Toomey, only 31 percent of the state's voters want to see him re-elected and 59 percent said it's time for someone else to have a chance, according to a Susquehanna Polling and Research survey conducted Oct. 7-12. ...
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