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Targetpractice10/18/2015 5:25:22 pm PDT

re: #235 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I think that was his reason, but I also think it was a mistake then and I still do in hindsight. When he left the Republican Party, he basically handed the seat to Pat Toomey. Toomey got the nomination unopposed, and the Democrats (as usual) didn’t turn out to vote for Joe Sestak.
Funny thing was, Spector was a Democrat when he started his career. The D’s didn’t want him to run for DA (or mayor, I forget which), so he ran as a Republican and stayed one for the next forty years.

Specter barely beat out Toomey (51%-49%) when they ran against each other in ‘04, a year not especially friendly to liberal candidates. Just how do you figure that, had Specter held out for the nomination in ‘10, things would have been different?