Give Toomey Credit: He Is the Frontrunner

• By Brian Wild
• Special to Roll Call
• May 18, 2009, Midnight

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.