Uh oh.
Jim Antle wonders about Joe Sestak defeating Specter.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll has Toomey close to a
majority against Specter:
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.
Just 43% now have a favorable opinion of Specter while 54%
offer an unfavorable assessment of the longtime GOP senator who
became a Democrat rather than face Toomey in a party primary.
Those numbers have reversed since June when 53% had a favorable
opinion of him.
The current figures include 15% with a Very Favorable opinion
of Specter and 36% with a Very Unfavorable view.
It's still a long way to the election, but this sure isn't what
the ideologically-challenged Senator had in mind after his
party switch. The Dems were supposed to clear the
field. The Reps were supposed to nominate an unelectable
candidate.
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About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
