(H/T – Jim Geraghty, who has to have earned a TRQ with this gem – “Heed my words, for dey are da chilling sounds of your Toom.”)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on the latest Quinnipiac poll, which has Sen. Arlen Specter (RD) barely beating presumptive Republican challenger Pat Toomey, 46%-45% 45%-44%. Worse for Specter, and the Democrats, are some of the other results:
– Specter has lost the independents, both specifically against Toomey and against Candidate X.
– Specter’s approval ratings are 47% positive, 46% negative (the highest negatives ever and the lowest positives since Specter/Toomey Round One in 2004).
Now, who insisted on backing Specter right up until his betrayal, and who insisted on trying to find a moderate-to-liberal to try to replace said turncoat moderate-to-liberal?
Revisions/extensions (7:41 am 7/22/2009) – I need caffeine because I originally posted the wrong percentages.
R&E part 2 (8:24 am 7/22/2009) – The raw numbers are now available from Quinnipiac (H/T – Allahpundit/HotAir Headlines), and they’re not encouraging for the Penn Dems:
– Specter bumped up his lead over Joe Sestak in the Dem primary from 50%-21% at the end of May to 55%-23% now.
– Toomey also whups up on Sestak, beating him 39%-35% (the end-of-May poll had Sestak up 37%-35%).
– While Specter does beat Peg Luksik, who only draws 6% to Toomey’s 47% in the Republican primary, by a 47%-40% margin, a near-majority say that he does not deserve re-election (49% no, 40% yes).
– Speaking of Luksik, she would lose to Sestak head-to-head 39%-30%.
R&E part 3 (8:57 am 7/22/2009) – Via Moe Lane, it actually looks like the NRSC finally realized the inevitable and endorsed Toomey on July 14. As someone who wanted the NRSC to stay out when it was Toomey vs. Specter in the primary, and with a very minor challenge to Toomey shaping up, I’m not entirely happy that the NRSC is in at this point, even if they’re backing a good candidate.
R&E part 4 (9:27 am 7/22/2009) – More quotable Geraghty – “Toomsday is coming.”
