PA-Rasmussen: Sen. Specter (R) in a tight race with Matthews (D)

[Tender Branson]

In thinking about the 2010 Election for United States Senate suppose you had a choice between Republican Arlen Specter and Democrat Chris Matthews. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Arlen Specter or Democrat Chris Matthews?

Specter - 46%
Matthews - 43%

Obama Approval Ratings:

73% Approve (51% strongly, 22% somewhat)
25% Disapprove (9% somewhat, 16% strongly)

Pennsylvania Survey of 500 Likely Voters - Conducted Dec. 2, 2008 - By Rasmussen Reports

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2010/election_2010_state_toplines/toplines_pennsylvania_senate_election_december_2_2008

[Aizen]

aww yeah, we're totally going to get this seat.

[Padfoot]

aww yeah, we're totally going to get this seat.

23 months.  That's all I'm going to say.

[Senator Ben]

I'd rather have Specter than Matthews.

[I left.]

Anybody that takes ANY poll seriously 23 months in advance and actually gives a s**t about it is pathetic.

[Keystone Phil]

As I said elsewhere...

Good news for Specter from that Rasmussen poll - 68% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of him. Sure it should be higher for a Republican Senator but that rating surely isn't weak. The problem for him is that only 70% of Republicans said they'd vote for him in the General.

[Lunar]

I can see that Specter is getting huge swaths of the (D) vote (a must since registration has changed lately), but who will those (R)'s end up voting for?  Surely not Matthews

Lewis you gotta edit your links down in size

[Keystone Phil]

I can see that Specter is getting huge swaths of the (D) vote (a must since registration has changed lately), but who will those (R)'s end up voting for?  Surely not Matthews

I'm one of these Republicans caught in a really tough spot. It's pretty funny. I really never want to vote for Specter. I've even said that in a Specter vs. Schwartz matchup, I'd still write in someone.

I love saying that I'd consider voting for Matthews. When push comes to shove, I won't do it. There really is no way that I could. I'd either write in or...don't make me say it...

I think my latter option is what most of these undecided Republicans would do as well.

[Beet]

This is closer than I thought it'd be... Specter's age is probably hurting him. Still, he's one of the few moderate Republicans left and one of the few northeast Republican Senators left so I wouldn't exactly be ecstatic about Dems taking him out.

[Keystone Phil]

By the way, it looks like Specter has already tried to keep us conservatives happy. My Mom got a mailer today about drilling and it provided a quote for Specter and his desire to open drilling in ANWR. Kind of funny since I'm about 90% sure he opposed that before.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

I can see that Specter is getting huge swaths of the (D) vote (a must since registration has changed lately), but who will those (R)'s end up voting for?  Surely not Matthews

I'm one of these Republicans caught in a really tough spot. It's pretty funny. I really never want to vote for Specter. I've even said that in a Specter vs. Schwartz matchup, I'd still write in someone.

I love saying that I'd consider voting for Matthews. When push comes to shove, I won't do it. There really is no way that I could. I'd either write in or...don't make me say it...

I think my latter option is what most of these undecided Republicans would do as well.

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

[Keystone Phil]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

[There Are Some Remedies Worse Than The Disease]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Then why does he hate her so much?

[Keystone Phil]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Then why does he hate her so much?

Uh...ask him. That doesn't mean he can't hate her for other reasons.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Not much more than you and Specter would have.

[Keystone Phil]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Not much more than you and Specter would have.

Specter is a pretty standard liberal. I'm a standard conservative. You are maybe slightly left of standard liberal. Same with Hillary. 

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Not much more than you and Specter would have.

Specter is a pretty standard liberal. I'm a standard conservative. You are maybe slightly left of standard liberal. Same with Hillary. 

I don't see how either Specter or Clinton are liberals. Specter is pretty far-right as far as I'm concerned.

[Keystone Phil]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Not much more than you and Specter would have.

Specter is a pretty standard liberal. I'm a standard conservative. You are maybe slightly left of standard liberal. Same with Hillary. 

I don't see how either Specter or Clinton are liberals. Specter is pretty far-right as far as I'm concerned.

Ok, let opebo be opebo. It doesn't work for you.

[NSA is just two letters away from NSDAP]

He's about as far-right as he is a liberal, at least in the American sense of the word.

[Speed of Sound]

I cannot with a straight face buy a poll that suggests that Chris Matthews can almost out name rec. Arlen Specter. That guy is the king of name rec. I don't care how blue PA trends, if the best we can do is Matthews, then its gonna be up to the Republicans to knock off Specter. or cancer

[Kuu ülevaade olulisematest]

If all else fails, doesn't the CP run a full slate?

[Keystone Phil]

If all else fails, doesn't the CP run a full slate?

Usually but they're usually too right wing for me. I still wouldn't have voted for Jim Clymer in 2004.

[I left.]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Not much more than you and Specter would have.

Specter is a pretty standard liberal. I'm a standard conservative. You are maybe slightly left of standard liberal. Same with Hillary. 

I'd still consider Specter to be pretty centrist. Standard Liberal definitely isn't true

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

You and Hillary have ideological similarities.

Not much more than you and Specter would have.

Specter is a pretty standard liberal. I'm a standard conservative. You are maybe slightly left of standard liberal. Same with Hillary. 

I don't see how either Specter or Clinton are liberals. Specter is pretty far-right as far as I'm concerned.

Ok, let opebo be opebo. It doesn't work for you.

If I'm opebo, you must be Statesrights or something, dude. You can't seriously think that Specter is a "standard liberal", even going by the American standard.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

By the way, Matthews renewed his contract with NBC. This race isn't going to happen, folks.