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Shocka! Arlen Specter's Support Of Spendulus Hurts Him Back Home
doubleplusundead — Shocka! Arlen Specter's Support Of Spendulus Hurts Him Back Home Help us, Ob-Wan Ke-Toomey, you're our only hope. A look inside the numbers shows the problem for Specter may be even more significant. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Republican voters in the state are less likely to vote for Specter. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, just 27% are more likely to support the long-time incumbent while 48% are less likely to do so. These numbers are not surprising given the partisan response to the stimulus bill itself. Nationwide, ...

2010 Watch: PA Senate
The Corner on National Review Online — Friday, February 13, 2009 [image] 2010 Watch: PA Senate [Greg Pollowitz] Rasmussen polls Senator Specter and the stimulus : Senator Arlen Specter is one of only three Republicans to support the economic stimulus bill in Congress, and the latest Rasmussen Reports survey in Pennsylvania shows that his position is costing him support back home. Just 31% of Keystone State voters say are more likely to vote for Specter because of his position on the stimulus package while 40% are less likely to do so. (Want a free ...

Yo, Arlen. Couple o’ guys want a word wit’ ya.
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Arlen Specter better check in with the neighborhood, because they’re not too happy with him after his vote on Porkulus.  Rasmussen detects a significant shift in support for Specter, and not one that will help him win re-election in 2010: Senator Arlen Specter is one of only three Republicans to support the economic stimulus bill in Congress, and the latest Rasmussen Reports survey in Pennsylvania shows that his position is costing him support back home. Just 31% of Keystone State voters say are more likely to vote for Specter because of his position on the stimulus package ...

Pork Vote Hurts Specter
Power Line — ... Rasmussen finds that Arlen Specter's support for the Democrats' pork bill hurts him with Pennsylvania voters. His vote makes 31% of respondents more likely to vote for him, 40% less so. ...

Poll: Stimulus Vote Hurting Specter
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — A new Rasmussen survey finds that 58% of Republicans are less likely to vote for Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who's up for re-election in 2010, because of his vote in favor of the economic stimulus bill (Feb. 11, 500 LV, MoE +/- 4.5%). Of the independent voters, 48% are less likely to vote for him, and 27% are more likely. Overall, 47% of Pennsylvania voters support the stimulus bill as proposed by Pres. Obama and congressional Democrats; 41% oppose it, and 12% are not sure. 52% said it was at least somewhat likely that the bill will end up making things worse instead of ...

Poll: Specter's Stimulus Support Could Hurt Re-Election With GOP Voters In 2010
TPM Election Central — ... A new Rasmussen poll suggests that Arlen Specter may have put himself in serious political danger by supporting the stimulus bill -- that is, by alienating Republican voters back home, as he heads into his 2010 re-election campaign. ...

Friday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... for the Senate. * Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) decision to support the economic stimulus plan is apparently hurting his standing with Republicans in Pennsylvania. * Another poll shows New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) ...

Poll: Specter's Stimulus Support Hurts Him in Pa.
News — ... Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) decision to join two other Republicans in supporting a compromise stimulus package could hurt him in his home state of Pennsylvania, according to a new poll from Rasmussen. According to the survey, 40 percent of Pennsylvanians say they are less likely to vote for Specter because of his stimulus support, while 31 percent say they are more likely to vote for him. Paradoxically, Pennsylvanians support the stimulus by a margin of 47 percent to 41 percent, according to the polling firm. Rasmussen surveyed 500 "likely voters" Feb. 11 for the poll.

The Political Specter-um
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Rasmussen has an interesting poll out on Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter and the stimulus package. They report that by a 40-31 margin, Pennsylvanians are less likely to support Specter because of his support for the stimulus package rather than more so. This is in spite of the fact that a slight plurality of Pennsylvanians favor the recovery package -- 47 percent in favor against 41 percent opposed. This outcome emerges because Republicans, and to a lesser extent independent voters, are more willing to blame Specter for his vote on the stimulus than Democrats are willing ...

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Sister Toldjah — Specter Vote For Stimulus Hurts Him Back Home

Specter's Dilemna
Newshoggers.com — ... registration trends in Pennsylvania. I am not so sure given that the Pennsylvania primary is a closed primary and the Republican Party has been hemoraging the voters who make up Specter's Republican base --- suburban fiscal conservatives, who either don't care about 'social' issues or are social liberals. If Specter clears the primary, he'll count on bringing the GOP home, as well as picking off quite a few moderate Democrats and suburban swing voters in Philly. However, Rasmussen has some very interesting polling out that highlights the costs of Spectering: ...

RASMUSSEN: Specter Vote For Stimulus Hurts Him Back Home….
Instapundit — RASMUSSEN: Specter Vote For Stimulus Hurts Him Back Home.

Specter: A “sizable” number of Senate Republicans secretly support the stimulus
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... I’m going to have a primary.’”… “I think there are a lot of people in the Republican caucus who are glad to see this action taken without their fingerprints, without their participation,” he said. Specter was asked, How many of your colleagues?“I think a sizable number,” he said. “I think a good part of the caucus agrees with the person I quoted, but I wouldn’t want to begin to speculate on numbers.” Follow the link for audio. 48 percent of unaffiliated Pennsylvanians say they’re less likely to support him after this versus just 27 percent who say they’re more likely. Among ...

Gov. Rendell (D): ’skeptical’ about the stimulus.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... PA Watercooler also has a link to this Rasmussen poll, which indicates that the bad karma that Sen. Specter incurred from voting for a debt bill that he didn’t read first isn’t going to take its time in showing up. It’s interesting, really: if the economy is still in the cellar in 2010, it’s may be hard out there for a Democrat… except in the PA Senate race, which will be the only one where the Republican would be the one having to explain away voting for the blessed thing. ...

No Formal Repercussions Likely from RNC for Stimulus Defectors
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... by protesters for his stimulus vote at a press conference last week, and a Rasmussen poll this month found that 58 percent of Pennsylvania Republicans said they were less likely to vote for Specter because of the vote. ...

PA Senate Race Shakes Up: Toomey Could Oppose Specter
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... Specter's stimulus vote--at least immediately after he cast it--eroded some of his support in Pennsylvania, according to a Rasmussen poll published Feb. 13; Specter was also reportedly ...

Toomey vs. Specter: the sequel.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... , their own supporters would probably disown them if the Democrats didn’t dump money into the PA race. Meanwhile, Republican activists are happy because Specter’s independence from his own caucus just took a big hit. This poll suggests that PA Republicans aren’t happy with Specter’s vote on the recent debt bill, and he barely survived Toomey last time. If Toomey gets the nomination, then we get to run a complete slate of candidates in 2010 who didn’t vote for the Democrats’ debt bill. ...