It's all up to Franken now!

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I voted for Specter, and this is a self-fulfilling destiny for the Republican Party, who systematically drove him out by turning hard right. This state was going to elect any Democrat rather than Specter primary candidate Pat Toomey, and it will elect Specter as a Democrat over Toomey in 2010. The hard-liners are saying "don't let the door hit you on the way out!" and so they fail to learn any hard lessons from this.

The Republican Party tent is getting smaller and smaller and most within the party dont seem to mind, preferring to maintain a rigid ideological test over electability.

Most recently they blew a chanced to win back a House seat in a red district with the special election in upstate NY by running the most right wing candidate, who lost to a moderate Democrat.

Who is leading this sinking ship?