Specter May Lose Support of Penn. GOP [View All]

[RandySF]

He may as well retire at this point.


http://blogs.mcall.com/penn_ave/2009/02/steele-rnc-open-to-limiting-support-to-specter.html

Pennsylvania Republican Committee Chairman Robert Gleason Jr. said in an interview today that the state party may not support Sen. Arlen Specter in the Republican primary next year -- a day after his national counterpart suggested that GOP supporters of the economic stimulus bill could take a hit in upcoming elections.

"Of course, anything is a possibility," Gleason told The Morning Call. "It is up to the committeemen and committeewomen . … But the headline should not read that the state party is not going to endorse him. He certainly could be endorsed."

Gleason said that -- right now -- he is 100 percent supportive of Specter, but he would not commit to personally backing the five-term lawmaker when committee members endorse candidates next year.

"I really can’t make that call right now. That is kind of a what-if question. I really don’t know what it is going to be like," he said. "I don’t even know if he is going to be a candidate. Who knows what is going to happen a year from now. With all this conjecture about Arlen Specter’s reelection effort … if he is a candidate, we will cross that bridge when we get there."