Toomey leads Specter by large margin
According to a new poll from Rasmussen, Pat Toomey is leading incumbent Arlen Specter in the Republican primary for US Senate:
Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter trails former Congressman Pat Toomey by 21 points in an early look at Pennsylvania’s 2010 Republican Primary. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters statewide say they’d vote for Toomey while just 30% would support Specter.Some are saying Toomey stands no chance and that fiscal conservatives aren't accomplishing anything. Well, I don't know if you've seen the polls, but Specter doesn't stand much of a chance in a general election either. If you're gonna go down, you might as well do it with a principled candidate.Specter is viewed favorably by 42% of Pennsylvania Republicans and unfavorably by 55%, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. Those are stunningly poor numbers for a long-term incumbent senator. Specter was first elected to the Senate in 1980.
Toomey, who served in the House from 1999 to 2005, earns positive reviews from 66% and negative comments from just 19%.
