re: #40 quickjustice

Nope. But the paragraph blames Toomey, a young Turk, for Specter’s demise. I think any challenger, regardless of ideology, would have pushed Specter. Toomey is more conservative than Specter. As I’ve posted elsewhere, the Pennsylvania GOP is moderate. It’s also heavily Roman Catholic and pro-life, as are Pennsylvania Democrats. Pennsylvania elected Santorum, who was more socially conservative than Toomey.

Toomey has built a coalition based on economic conservatism (Club for Growth) and social conservatism. The question is: can Toomey capture a majority of Pennsylvania voters?

Pennsylvania voters are pro-life? The ones who handed Obama and easy victory over McCain? The ones who tossed Santorum out on his butt in 2006 after his years of making himself the poster boy for the religious right in the Senate?

I’d say abortion must be pretty far down on the list of issues that drive votes in PA, based on recent evidence.