Specter could be 'toast' in 2010 election, pollster says

[WI_DEM]

And he's especially vulnerable in a GOP primary, it would appear:

Among registered Republicans, 66 percent favored a new senator and 26 percent backed Specter. The margin of error on that question was plus or minus 5.9 percentage points.

But he might have a hard time winning re-election, period:

HARRISBURG -- A new statewide poll shows 53 percent of Pennsylvanians -- and 66 percent of Republicans -- want someone to replace Sen. Arlen Specter.

Asked whether they think Specter, a Philadelphia Republican, has done his job well enough to win re-election or whether they'd prefer a "new person" in that job, registered voters by a 53-38 percent margin said it's time to give someone else a chance, according to the poll by Susquehanna Polling and Research. Eight percent were undecided.

The numbers might reflect Specter's vote as one of three Republican senators who enabled passage of President Obama's $787 billion federal stimulus package, said James Lee, president of Harrisburg-based Susquehanna polling. But they reflect long-standing dissatisfaction among Republican conservatives with Specter's record, he said.

If the election were held today, "in a two-person race, Specter is toast" if his challenger is a credible candidate, Lee said. A race with more candidates likely would improve Specter's chances of winning.

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_613850.html

[DeepBlueC]

1. oh God, I wonder if Rick Santorum will rear his head...

spare us that. :-(

[WI_DEM]

2. Maybe Specter should switch sides to avoid a devisive primary?

[sharp_stick]

9. I don't want him

I hope he gets his ass handed to him by a true dyed in the wool fundie nutjob who would then have to run statewide as the only GOP option against a Dem opponent who would kick the shit out of him.

[Parche]

3. Magic Bullet Spector

:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[T Wolf]

5. The piece of shit deserves to be run out on that basis alone. Just go away and die, Arlen.

[Captain Hilts]

7. Flag on the play. nt

[T Wolf]

11. Hey, I never said I wanted to kill him. I just want him gone, by any means necessary.

Take your flag and save it for the Surrender Bowl. In the dire situation the entire world faces, every repuke that hangs around, obstructing work to reverse and repair the destruction Spectre aided and abetted, is an obstacle that must be removed. We do not have time to play nice with the enemy.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Not cool to wish folks dead. nt

[T Wolf]

4. PA democrats should work to get a whack-job like Toomey on the repuke balllot.

Operation Chaos with a purpose and a chance for success.

I'd be willing to re-register for their primary. It's not like there are any progressive Dems in PA anyway. A Casey or Rendell is all we get - no great prize.

[Captain Hilts]

6. Yes. Age and health issues -alone- make him vulnerable. nt

[ThomWV]

8. I see this simply to mean that next time around his seat will go to a Democrat.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Republicans can't win statewide in PA

As the last two cycles have amply demonstrated.

I hope they run Toomey. It'll be a bloodbath.