Long-time Republican Pennsylvania Senator, magic-bullet theory guy, and Howdy Doody lookalike Arlen Specter may be in electoral trouble. It seems right-wing challenger Pat Toomey is ahead of Specter by 21 points in the latest Rasmussen primary poll.
This could be good news for the Democrats. Specter, as a relatively moderate Republican, has had crossover appeal in the somewhat divided but nonetheless blue-ish Keystone State. (In Presidential elections, for example, PA voted for Clinton twice, Gore, Kerry, and Obama, and has a Democratic governor and junior senator). The arch-conservative Toomey, on the other hand, seems poised to do well in Pennsylvania’s closed Republican primary, but should have much less appeal with independents and Democrats in a general statewide election.