• New polls are out from Fox News echoing Rasmussen and others. Toomey holds his steady lead 48 to 40 percent, while Tom Corbett leads Dan Onorato by ten points, 49 to 39 percent. Quinnipiac, though, shows Corbett in an even more commanding lead, 54 to 39 percent. For Onorato, down 10 to 15 points, it might be time to consider moving away from his Democratic base to push Corbett on issues more attractive to moderate Pennsylvanians. What does he have to lose?
  • According to the Quinnipiac poll, independents and dissatisfaction with Democrats are the primary factors fueling Corbett’s numbers.
  • Arlen Specter is apparently prepping for retirement. As President Obama came to Pennsylvania yesterday, Specter met him at the airport, but left as the president went to raise money for Joe Sestak, the man who knocked Specter out of the primary. Asked by reporters about Sestak and his campaign, Specter said simply, “I’m late for the squash court.”
  • President Obama raised roughly $500,000 for Joe Sestak yesterday at an event where he called the candidate a “friend” and “workhorse.”
  • After picking up support from the Club for Growth, surging Republican challenger Keith Rothfus has launched his first ad against Jason Altmire in western Pennsylvania’s 4th district. He talks up creating jobs and criticizes his opponent for voting with Nancy Pelosi and for supporting the president’s stimulus package.