Next Tuesday’s “other race” in Pennsylvania

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  May 11th at 10:35 AM  | 

[from the diaries by haystack] Union bosses are nervous about Pennsylvania.  They should be. Next Tuesday is a BIG deal in Pennsylvania, as it is one of the six union “firewall” states that union bosses want to keep in union Democrat control. So far, things aren’t looking so good for them. After the desperate party-switching Arlen Specter got the endorsements of Barack Obama, the SEIU, | Read More »

Arlen Specter’s Little Purple Pick Me Up…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  March 16th at 12:20 AM  | 

In Pennsylvania, polls are tightening between Democrat Republican Democrat Arlen Specter and Republican Pat Toomey.  While a recent Franklin & Marshall poll had Specter with 34% to Toomey’s 44%, the most recent RCP Average shows Toomey leading Specter by a mere 2.4 percentage points, with the most recent weighted* Daily Kos poll skewing the average by showing Specter with a six-point lead. Of late, Arlen’s been | Read More »