This I like.
Specter 49 (44)
Toomey 42 (44)
Toomey 39 (40)
Sestak 36 (35)
Specter 53 (53)
Sestak 29 (30)
Specter has positive job approval, 48-45. Though voters don’t believe he deserves to be re-elected by a 52-38 margin.
“Sen. Arlen Specter seems to be having a good winter politically. He is back ahead of Republican Pat Toomey after having been essentially tied with him since last summer, and there remains no evidence that his primary challenger, Congressman Joe Sestak, has made much progress as we get within three months of the May primary,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “Specter’s lead over Toomey is built upon a 52 – 36 percent margin among women voters, while Toomey has a small 49 – 46 percent lead among men, an indication that the gender gap remains alive and well.”
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x128…
More evidence of things turning a little. First Strickland, now Specter. I wonder if we actually end up seeing Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts as having been the GOP high point this cycle rather than the harbinging of more doom and gloom.
But it is a possitive sign.
If there’s a way to tip my primary vote, it’s this. Losing this seat would suck, and Specter will fight dirty to keep it.
Brown told dems to wake up and start working and congress seems to have gotten the message post State of the Union and seems interested in ramming their legislation through.
This, Strickland, and Bright are making me think that 2010 might be alright. Feelin’ a lot better about PA-7, PA-12, PA-11, PA-6 and PA-15.
Still lookin at losses, but definitely not the blow out we had going a month ago.
All other polling, so far, has shown Toomey modestly ahead of Specter and way ahead of Sestak.
I’d like to see additional polling. This race could go either way, but Specter appears to be holding his own in the primary.