April 28, 2004

... and you lose some

Specter Survives Primary Challenge (washingtonpost.com)

Specter, 74, the Senate's eighth most senior Republican, narrowly defeated conservative Rep. Pat Toomey. With 98 percent of the precincts reporting, Specter had 517,819 votes, or 51 percent, to Toomey's 502,028 votes, or 49 percent, the Associated Press reported early today.

That was close, kids. Without the President's support, he would have gone down -- I hope Karl Rove knows what he's doing.
PA friend and great blogger AlexC at pstupidonymous sez:
Which means, come November 2nd, I may actually vote for Joe Hoeffel.
Because with a Democrat, I know what I'll be getting.
And Specter wont be on the judiciary committee if he's home.
(no no no, not sour grapes... call it realpolitick)

I wish I could, with any conviction, try to talk you out of it. You've hit the nail on the head -- Specter as head of the Judiciary Committee is a nightmare I don't want to live.

Posted by jk at April 28, 2004 08:34 AM
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On his show, Sean Hannity seemed to allude today to the fact that Specter won ONLY because of Santorum and Bush.
He thinks Specter may need to repay them back. Will swing to the right in thanks?
I dont know.

Posted by: AlexC at April 28, 2004 05:19 PM

The Wall Street Hournal Ed Page hopes so:

"Mr. Specter has made his career in the Senate as a liberal Republican who spent freely and often defied his party on crucial votes. The lesson of his near-death primary experience is that Pennsylvania voters want the GOP Congress to control spending, make the Bush tax cuts permanent and pursue the Bush-Santorum reform agenda. We can think of some other GOP Senators who might also heed that lesson."

Posted by: jk at April 29, 2004 11:43 AM
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