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Toomey happy to see a Specter challenger

The man who entered Senate race to unseat Arlen Specter is, not surprisingly, glad to see that Specter couldn’t escape a primary challenge by switching parties.

In a statement released shortly after news broke that Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) is planning to run against Specter, Republican Pat Toomey welcomed him to the race.

“While Joe Sestak and I disagree on a host of issues, I commend him for being a principled liberal who stands up for his beliefs and values,” Toomey said in a statement. “I have always believed that Pennsylvania voters—not party bosses in Washington—should have the final say over whom their nominees will be.”

Toomey’s chief spokeswoman also chimed in.

“There would be no lack of substantive policy differences in a general election race between Pat Toomey and Joe Sestak, but Pennsylvanians would get the kind of refreshing campaign they deserve—honest and straightforward, without the distortions and mudslinging that characterize Arlen Specter’s tired old approach to politics,” Nachama Soloveichik said in a statement. “If you want to see what kind of campaign Senator Specter will run, just look at the first ad he ran this year—an ad he was forced to remove from the airwaves because it contained blatantly false attacks on Pat Toomey. Pennsylvania Democrats are just as likely to reject Arlen Specter’s politics of expediency as Pennsylvania Republicans did.”

May 27, 2009 at 6:21 pm

--Dan Hirschhorn

Tags: Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey

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