The Toomey campaign has weighed in on Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision to become a Democrat (and, therefore, to drop out of the Pennsylvania Republican primary).
“Senator Specter’s decision is in keeping with his record. He is more at home in the Democratic Party than the Republican Party. That has been true for decades, not just true today.
In recent weeks, Senator Specter has made numerous statements about how important it is to deny Democrats the 60th seat in the U.S. Senate and how he categorically intended to remain a Republican to prevent one-party dominance in Washington.
What Pennsylvanians must now ask themselves is whether Senator Specter is in fact devoted to any principle other than his own reelection.
Emphasis mine. And Toomey has a point. Just last month, Specter said, “I think each of the 41 Republican senators, in a sense — and I don’t want to overstate this — is a national asset…. [I]f one was gone, you’d only have 40, the Democrats would have 60, and they would control all of the mechanisms of government.”
