SPECTER WINS WITH 51%

In an outcome that makes me happy, Specter beat back challenger Pat Toomey - but just barely - with 527,365 to 510,724. Neither Republicon faction can take much credit for the win.

You should have seen the Specter commercials that were running the last few days - Specter walking with Bush, Bush saying how he needed Bush in the Senate, that he was a "reliable vote" for the Bush agenda. It made my skin crawl.

Bush made this race into a test of his pull. Well, he can put whatever face he wants on it, but clearly, the electorate in Pennsylvania is as divided as everywhere else. This means Specter won't be all that beholden to the White House.

And this also means we don't see Stephen Moore from the Club for Growth gloating all over the place. (God, what bad hair!)

Specter is battered as hell, and that can't hurt Joe Hoeffel, the Democratic candidate.
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