At the National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP’s camaign arm, the bean-counters and strategists claim that former Rep. Pat Toomey, the presumptive Republican nominee for Senate next year in Pennsylvania, runs very well in the House districts where they are expecting competitive races. They believe he will be an asset on the top of the ticket.

And as it turns out, he could win statewide, as well — as some of us have been saying for months.