Pat Toomey tries to play the moderate by endorsing Sonia Sotomayer

[LynneSin]

Pat Toomey is running for US Senate on the republican ticket in Pennsylvania. He's basically a Rick Santorum wannabe. But since he has no primary opponent, the guy is trying to make himself look 'moderate' to fool Pennsylvania voters. Not buying that sack of crap!

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2009/Senate/Maps/Aug05-s.html#1

The Republican nominee is certain to be Pat Toomey, an extremely conservative former three-term representative who ran for the Senate nomination in 2004 and lost. Without a primary opponent, Toomey is moving to the left to have at least a small chance of winning the general election in this very blue state. For example, Toomey has now endorsed Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.

[rurallib]

1. easy to do when it doesn't count.

still had to take years off his life.

[Botany]

2. But he has no vote

:shrug:

[Kievan Rus]

3. I will never forget Sen. Specter's attack ads against Toomey

They went, "Pat Toomey. He's not far right. He's far out."

[scheming daemons]

4. Pat Toomey understands Pennsylvania's demographics and politics

Gotta give it to him for that.

He can't win in PA if he caters to the wingnuts. Last one who did that was Santorum, and he got wiped out 59-41 by Casey in '06.