this is another nail in the coffin. and if by some miracle he manages to survive the primary, he'll probably lose in the general election. in past years, specter has managed to survive in this progressively bluer state, by getting the union vote. that's pretty much over now. he's pretty much screwed in both the primary and the general election.
well, maybe not the general election. his best chance there is if the democratic leadership deep-sixes any serious primary challenge and gets some bland party hack to run for the seat. but it's still saying a lot that the best this well-entrenched incumbent senator has going for him is the incompetence of the other party.
