Rasmussen has Toomey up 7 points in Pa.

Published July 18, 2010 4:00am ET



Former Rep. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., continues to lead the race for the Senate seat currently held by Arlen Specter, D.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state shows Toomey with 45% support, while [Democratic Rep. Joe] Sestak earns 38% of the vote. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and 12% are undecided.
Last month, Toomey held a near-identical 45% to 39% lead.

The reasons for this static result are unsurprising. Once again, to borrow and bastardize the famous line from James Carville, “It’s the Obama agenda, stupid!”

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