Polls show Specter Staring at ‘Near Fatal’ 31% Re-election Figure
November 19th, 2009 | by BGuzzardi | 
“Only 31 percent of Pennsylvania voters believe Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter should be re-elected, and 59 percent believe it’s time to give someone else a chance, a state poll released today shows…A Susquehanna Poll in February found 38 percent of Pennsylvanians believed Specter deserved to be re-elected.”
Susquehanna Statewide October 14th and compare with Quinnipiac Oct 1st. Note the trend on Sen. Specter’s “Favorable/Unfavorable” and “Re-elect”.
Rasmussen Statewide Oct 14th Note the polling on government run health care.
Favorable/Unfavorable:
Specter: 46%-52%
Toomey: 52%-27%
Sestak: 37%-34%
Gov-run health insurance option if it encouraged companies to drop private health insurance coverage for their workers?:
Favor: 23%
Oppose: 63%
Arlen Specter has been on all sides of the health care government option issue but, always, 24/7, centered on his own reelection and his own power, prestige and status and will say what he has to say to get reelected without fear of contradicting himself. Democrats expose his opportunism and President Obama’s support for Sen. Specter’s President Obama’s Recovery Act September 15 2009
Pat Toomey has consistently supported Free Market solutions, specifically, described in Pat Toomey’s book Road to Prosperity.