04-24-2009 = PA Senate Primary = Toomey 51% Specter 30%

[L. Coyote]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/pennsylvania/election_2010_pennsylvania_republican_senate_primary

I do not need to add anything to this!!!

[thewiseguy]

1. He would have ran as an independent and won anyway

[abluelady]

2. Exactly

I was listening to a Republican stragegist who practically said if Toomey won the primary, the State would definitely put in a Dem. So Specter was smart to guarantee his win.

[L. Coyote]

7. He is trying to guarantee the Dems do NOT win!

[abluelady]

8. I Would Take a Moderate D over a Moderate R Anytime. n/t

[jsamuel]

3. not with a strong dem and strong repub running at the same time

[thewiseguy]

4. In that case we would have Toomey as a senator while Spector and the Dem candidate would split

the vote

[L. Coyote]

6. Two Rs and no Dems in the race. That's the implication here if Arlen is the Dem.

Wow, the Rs have figured out a way to hang on to PA. Run a candidate in both parties.

[L. Coyote]

5. After he loses the primary, he may still try that.

PA has closed primaries. The registered Dems will decide who is the candidate. Maybe a lot of moderates will switch parties too, but he can easily lose this one.

[iamthebandfanman]

9. im pretty sure PA has a rule against that

if you run in the primary and lose, you arent allowed to run as an independent...

could be wrong.

its fine if u wanna run independent... but you cant run in a party primary in the same election before doing so... not in PA atleast.

[L. Coyote]

10. That's good news. And, PA has closed primaries, right? Operation Chaos???

[SteelPenguin]

11. No you're correct

He can't run as an independent if he loses the primary because it's closed.