A new Franklin & Marshall poll in Pennsylvania finds Pat Toomey (R) leading Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) for the U.S. Senate by 14 points among likely voters, 45% to 31%.
So rather than waiting for Specter and Toomey to beat each other to a pulp during a Republican primary, political genius Barack Obama convinced Specter to become a Democrat. In exchange for a totally meaningless temporary 60th vote in the Senate, Obama discouraged actual Democrats from running (successfully except for little-known Rep. Joe Sestak) and raised money for Specter. Now Specter’s vote is even less important, and it’s Democrats who are in a costly primary battle while Toomey skates through to the general.
I’m sure even the DCeiver can see the political malpractice here.