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pat toomey elected by nine percentage points. we have three statewide offices up for election in the state, auditor general, attorney general, and state treasurer. they are very spirited contest. we often have a split winners in those elections. the state could go for obama, as it did in 2008. but they could elect a republican attorney general. that's not uncommon. pennsylvania, despite the fact that we're seeing more straight party voting in the last three elections than we used to come unless ticket splitting, but they will still split tickets and elected democrat or republican statewide in a very competitive state despite the fact that pennsylvania has now five times gone democratic in presidential elections. host: your election forecast? another nail biter? guest: i think so. i do not think there will be much change in the legislature. maybe a few seats the republicans can pick up. it will stay the same. the congressional delegation will remain republican. your probably have to give pup -- president a slight edge of this beco

pat toomey elected by nine percentage points.e have three statewide offices up for election in the state, auditor general, attorney general, and state treasurer. they are very spirited contest. we often have a split winners in those elections. the state could go for obama, as it did in 2008. but they could elect a republican attorney general. that's not uncommon. pennsylvania, despite the fact that we're seeing more straight party voting in the last three elections than we used to come unless ticket splitting, but they will still split tickets and elected democrat or republican statewide in a very competitive state despite the fact that pennsylvania has now five times gone democratic in presidential elections. host: your election forecast? another nail biter? guest: i think so. i do not think there will be much change in the legislature. maybe a few seats the republicans can pick up. it will stay the same. the congressional delegation will remain republican. your probably have to give pup -- president a slight edge of this become

i'm going to bring in senator pat toomey out of pennsylvania.g to you too also there in danville. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you think about what he laid out about that first debate with governor romney? >> i think it's unfortunate that they have to resort to suggesting that there was some kind of dishonesty. the fact is the president misspoke repeatedly. i'll give him the ben fifth the doubt and assume he made a mistake. sing, for instance that governor romney was advocating a $5 trillion tax cut, which is factually wrong, the obama campaign has acknowledged it was wrong, i think we ought to get back to the substance of what is actually the policy positions of these campaigns. that's what i think we'll see tonight, a very clear choice. bill: between what? >> between continuing the failed policies of the obama administration that have given us a miserable economy, the worsthe worst recovery weave over oz . 23million americans that are unemployment or understand employment. gas prices that are higher. on every measure this has been a ter

chan of winning the primary as a democrat, which he then of course lost to joe sestak, who lost to pat toomey seat. but talk about the time in the country people were shocked by his change, but it spoke to who he was. >> he was always a moderate republican and more of a democrat. he was initially a democrat before he became a republican to stand out against the democratic machine. he was a reformer. he was born in kansas. the same small town in kansas where bob dole was born. we had a hard edge to him at times but was really much more liberal. the republican party had moved really far right. and he was no longer, i don't think, comfortable in the party. and as you recall, testifies h force against the confirmation in the judiciary committee of the nominee -- for the supreme court, robert bjork. he went up against robert bjork, therefore lost a lot of support among republicans in the state of pennsylvania. only won re-election to the senate after the clarence thomas hearings where he was so hard edged in support of theresa hinds, the newly widowed wife of the republican senator. she did a comm

in the 2010 cycle, i put senators rand paul, pat toomey in this category. these are all tough races for the general but these candidates are pulling even in the polls. of course, these candidates will hold strong positions on social issue and foreign policy. that's not the way they're defining their campaign. so, in conclusion, the tea party has been around for almost four years now and last week, politico in an arena chat asked whether the tea party brand is broken. they showed surprisingly tea party support and 40% of the public say they will support the tea party. interestingly you certainly wouldn't know this from the media account, cnn shows up tick for the tea party through the telephony election -- 2012 election cycle. to the extend that romney and other republican candidates win this election, it's because they're acting more like tea partiers not less. it's the issues that the tea party is focused on about spending, debt and about the economy. these are the very same issue that majority of the americans are concerned about including independents. t

. >> then in april of 2009, as he trailed in the polls against a primary challenge from pat toomey specternnounced that he was changing parties and would caucus with the democrats. >> i'm thrilled to have arlen in the democratic caucus. >> the white house threw its full support behind him, knowing he would give the democrats the 60 votes needed to overcome filibusters. in the end he was defeated in the primary. >> it has been a great privilege to serve the people of pennsylvania. and it is -- >> thank you, arlen! >> bringing to an end the impassioned and sometimes controversial career of the mighty snarlin arlen specter. in washington, bret baier, fox news. >> shannon: arlen specter was 82 years old. i was in the ambulance and i was told to call my next of kin. at 33 years old, i was having a heart attack. now i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i didn't know this could happen so young. take control, talk to your doctor. by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soup