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Give Toomey Credit: He Is the Frontrunner

While Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) steals the spotlight for the day by continuing his record of choosing politics over policy and political expedience over ideology, former Rep. Pat Toomey (R) quietly continues to be the frontrunner in the race for Pennsylvania’s Senate seat. Despite efforts by the ever-expanding circle of Washington, D.C.-based political “experts” who want to deny Toomey the credit, the truth is that his dominance in polls is what led Specter to jump ship.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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