Specter Toomey

Sam Stein

Specter In Trouble, Tied With Toomey In Pennsylvania Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Some troubling, albeit early, polling news came on Wednesday for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which i...

Sam Stein

Specter Can Read A Poll: Democrat Trounces Toomey In Latest Survey

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Arlen Specter freely acknowledges that his switch from Republican to Democrat was driven by politics as much as principles. "I am unwilling to have my...

Wanted: A Pennsylvania Ned Lamont to Defeat Arlen Specter in 2010 Democratic Primary

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Miles Mogulescu

Pennsylvania needs a Democratic Senator from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.

Sam Stein

Unions See Specter Opening, Dangle Electoral Help For EFCA Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

With poll numbers showing Sen. Arlen Specter in dangerous electoral water, union officials have begun presenting what amounts to a "get-out-of-jail-fr...

Sam Stein

Specter Compares Primary Opponent To AIG Executive

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Senator Arlen Specter offered the clearest pitch yet for his reelection candidacy in the Pennsylvania primary, arguing that he was the last and perhap...

Rachel Weiner

Poll: Specter Would Be Crushed By GOP Primary Challenger Toomey

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows that Republican Sen. Arlen Specter may have trouble holding onto his seat in 2010. He's trailing former Co...

Sam Stein

AFL-CIO May Work Against Specter In Republican Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

One of the highest-ranking political operatives in the labor movement offered a none-too-subtle electoral threat to Sen. Arlen Specter on Wednesday, s...

Sam Stein

Specter's EFCA Move Helps Him With Primary: Norquist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

In announcing his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act on Tuesday, Sen. Arlen Specter -- labor's best hope for a Republican defector -- declared...