Today was a Super Tuesday of sorts, four states held primaries. In Kentucky, Tea Party favorite Rand Paul topped GOP regular Trey Grayson. Pennsylvania Democrats took out the trash today by ending the political career of Arlen Specter. After 28 years of trolling the floor of the Senate as a sorta-Republican, Specter voted for the $862 billion stimulus bill. His GOP support, such as it was, collapsed, and after he admitted he could not win a Republican primary, he switched parties and discovered that he could not win a Democratic primary either. The Green Party awaits. Rep. Joe Sestak will face former Congressman Pat Toomey in November. Look for Toomey to bring the seat back into the GOP fold.
In Arkansas, self-proclaimed moderate Democrat Blanche Lincoln will have to keep running--she faces a runoff against the more liberal Bill Halter. The winner seems destined to be a loser--Arkansas began trending conservative even when Bill Clinton was governor and the Lincoln seat is ripe for a GOP pick up.
That's not the case in Oregon--Sen. Ron Wyden is a 2010 rarity for the Democrats--a shoe-in for reelection. He will go head to head with Republican professor (There are such individuals?) Jim Huffman this fall.
But the tea party movement was dealt a setback today. In a special election to fill the vacant House seat long held by the late John Murtha, Democrat Mark Critz easily distanced Republican Tim Burns in Pennsylvania's 12th District.
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