WJ: PA voters only. What do you think of Specter's party switch?

[cali]

There should be high entertainment value in WJ this morning.

[summer borealis]

1. It's pathetic

Have we made a deal with this old crank not to put up a fresh Dem candidate now?
Toomey is to the right of Santorum and will fight for all fetuses and nothing much else. A fresh Dem would have beaten him.
Specter only cares about Specter, and anyone who votes for an 80-something candidate needs to live with the Amish.

[cali]

3. completely agree. I'm really hoping that Arlen won't run

he's freakin' 80 years old and he's been there for near 30 years.

[KharmaTrain]

7. Arlen Is In For A Rude Awakening...

The Senate is a boy's club...and Arlen's one of the boys. While he thinks he's got a clear path, I'm hoping the netroots gets behind Joe Sestak and give Arlen a solid challenge...let's see how Arlen dances if he sees that he needs to move further left to keep his beloved boy's club membership.

[TorchTheWitch]

8. totally agree

He's only doing this because he knows he can't win as a Repuke but very well might as a Dem. I'm praying he won't win the Dem primary. He's still a Repuke turd, and he's NOT going to change how he votes. He just wants to be able to keep his seat and still vote Repuke.

[polichick]

2. Nice symbolism re the party of psychos, but PA deserves a real Dem...

I hope he is challenged.

[cali]

4. I hope he doesn't run

(not wishing a recurrence of his cancer or anything) butif he does, I hope he's challenged.

[polichick]

9. It would be great if he doesn't run - if this is just a final memorable move...

...to help pass healthcare and energy ~ and stick it to a party who has stuck it to the country one too many times. heh heh

[AlinPA]

5. Good that he irked the GOP with the move, but he might be too old to

campaign against a tough republican. It won't be Toomey, it will be Tom Ridge. Those disaffected republicans who switched to Democrat may vote for Ridge, even given his association with Bush**.

[LynneSin]

6. Tom Ridge would be a challenge in the US Senate seat

The RNC has the numbers and know that Pat Toomey cannot win that general election. But someone like Tom Ridge, who is a moderate, could. Worst case they'd end up with another Arlen Specter in their party but they'd get their seat back.