If things aren't bad enough. Toomey is the guy who funded primary challengers against moderate GOP incumbents
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_750912.html Sen. Pat Toomey got a seat on Wednesday on perhaps the most influential committee in Washington, another step in his swift ascent from establishment outcast to Senate heavyweight.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appointed the Lehigh County Republican to the 12-member deficit reduction committee along with Republican Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona and Rob Portman of Ohio. The committee must submit a plan by Nov. 23 to cut the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion.
Congressional leaders and President Obama are counting on the committee to validate a debt deal that helped spark a market sell-off and prompted Standard & Poor's last week to downgrade the country's credit rating. Other rating agencies warned they might downgrade U.S. debt if Congress and the committee don't shed enough debt.
"If this committee is going to be successful, it absolutely has to have bipartisan support. That's the way it's designed," said Toomey, the only committee member appointed so far who voted against the debt deal.