Toomey: running against Specter back on table

[Wretched Excess]

Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R PA-15), president of the Club for Growth said on WAEB, a Lehigh Valley radio show that a Primary challenge to Senator Arlen Specter is "now back on the table."

Via an email from Republican candidate for state House Ron Shegda:

"Toomey acknowledged that "Senator Specter cast the deciding vote on the very worrisome stimulus Bill, when he could have negotiated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Obama for more productive tax cuts and less wasteful spending."

Link

[Tess Anderson]

I hope he decides to throw his hat into the ring. I don't have much faith at all in American elections these days, but at least it will be a dem v. rep showdown if Specter the RINO is unseated in the primaries there for a change.

[thundley4]

"HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Twenty-nine years into his U.S. Senate career, Arlen Specter cast what he calls his most difficult vote — a "yes" on the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that made him the only Republican facing re-election in 2010 to support it.
Now, with GOP anger still simmering, Specter is under pressure to buck the party again and support "card check" legislation to make it easier for workers to form unions.
It is the latest tight spot for the 79-year-old Specter, a moderate and maverick who is used to being on the political rack, stretched between the wishes of an increasingly conservative party and an increasingly liberal state.
He is in meetings every day about the card check bill, he said, but isn't revealing to anybody which way he is leaning.
"I've been in this line of work long enough that people ... know my arm's not twistable," Specter said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press." Link

If he votes for this, he can't even be considered a RINO, imo.

[Jim]

"HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Twenty-nine years into his U.S. Senate career, Arlen Specter cast what he calls his most difficult vote — a "yes" on the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that made him the only Republican facing re-election in 2010 to support it.
Now, with GOP anger still simmering, Specter is under pressure to buck the party again and support "card check" legislation to make it easier for workers to form unions.
It is the latest tight spot for the 79-year-old Specter, a moderate and maverick who is used to being on the political rack, stretched between the wishes of an increasingly conservative party and an increasingly liberal state.
He is in meetings every day about the card check bill, he said, but isn't revealing to anybody which way he is leaning.
"I've been in this line of work long enough that people ... know my arm's not twistable," Specter said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press." Link

If he votes for this, he can't even be considered a RINO, imo.

because it twists on its own ?

this guy is a disgrace.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I hope Toomey shoves the stimulus debacle so far down Specter's throat all $787 billion pops-out of Specter's arse.

[Splashdown]

My guess? He votes "yes" on card check. PA has a pretty strong union contingent in Philly and Pittsburgh areas.

And I hope Toomey gets another shot at Arlen.

[Wretched Excess]

Toomey released this statement today: "As this disastrous recession worsens, I have become increasingly concerned about the future of our state and national economy. Unfortunately, the recent extraordinary response of the federal government - more corporate bailouts, unprecedented spending and debt, higher taxes - is likely to make things worse. I think we are on a dangerously wrong path. Pennsylvanians want a US Senator focused on real and sustainable job creation that gets our economy growing again. That is why I am considering becoming a candidate for the US Senate."

Link

looks like he meant what he said . . . .

[Bluesuiter-Retired]

Given Spect[tator] voting for the NON-STIMULUS package, only one of three RINOS to do so, the chances are that any republican who runs against him will probably win.

The $787 BILLION non-stimulus package is nothing less than one SINGLE earmark.

"the messiah" is right, there aren't a bunch of earmarks in that package because the whole damned thing is one.