Poll: Toomey Momentum Grows In PA

Toomey looks like a freaking hillbilly madman.

I wonder if the fact that the Pennsylvania Democrats can't stop tearing each other apart has anything to do with this?

Specter is going to be politically toxic come November. The ultimate establishment insider cut a deal to switch parties to save his own skin. When base motivation is an issue, how can the Dem party expect to rally their base around a 30 yr Republican who voted with Bush 95% of the time and campaigned for and voted for Mccain/Palin?

If Sestak got machine backing I think he could beat Toomey, but the machines tried to clear the way for Specter and Sestak wouldn't move - I guess that could be a campaign point for him as an outsider.

Toomey has said a lot of wingnutty things in the past, but is frantically trying to moderate himself now - he can successfully do that if Specter runs as Specter will be running from his own past votes and statements so can't call Toomey on them. Sestak on the other hand can challenge Toomey on his past statements and views.

Another problem is Sestak probably isn't the best candidate either. Dems tried to clear the deck for Specter, meaning other potential candidates got out of the way.

If I was advising Specter I'd have him declare an independent and run as a 3rd party independent. He'd have to do it now while he's still polling well ahead of Sestak, so it couldn't be claimed he did it only because of further political opportunism.

He could claim that the Dem party isn't for him either. That he is an independent and doesn't feel he fits in any party. He could claim the middle with Toomey a far right wingnut and Sestak already being framed by Toomey as a Pelosi liberal.

Toomey attacking Specter or his jump to Dems and his votes while there and sestak attacking Specter for his 30 years of GOP votes would only help cement him as an independent centrist.

Just a note - it's Franklin & Marshall College, not University. It's a small, regional liberal arts school in Lancaster, PA.

As for Mr. Toomey, he is virtually unopposed in his primary, which has allowed him to position himself as a moderate. Even a cursory foray into his record as a Congressman shows him to be an extreme conservative. Once the primaries are over and the Dems focus on Mr. Toomey, the public will see him for the super-conservative he is. The man is even more conservative than Rick Santorum!

Anybody who votes for somebody who looks like Toomey has serious issues. I'd hide my kid if I saw that creep walking down the street.

Toomentum!