The Club for Growth continues to give Democrats chances for pick-ups by targeting moderate Republicans. Novak reports on their efforts to unseat Spector.
The conservative Club for Growth has raised $700,000 in hard money and $950,000 in soft money for Rep. Pat Toomey in his Pennsylvania Republican primary challenge against four-term Sen. Arlen Specter.
That is four times more money than the Club for Growth has spent on a single candidate. The organization’s supporters are distributing a March 16 poll showing Specter’s lead down to 10 points. Toomey’s backers claim the race would be even closer if Specter were not being strongly supported by Pennsylvania’s other senator: Rick Santorum, the conservative chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.
A footnote: Democratic strategists had written off Specter’s seat as safely Republican but now say it may be competitive thanks to Toomey’s challenge. Rep. Joe Hoeffel, whose voting record is far more liberal than Specter’s, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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