Talk:Pat Toomey

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entire article looks like it was taken off a campaign website or something... unencyclopedic "Toomey criticized Specter as a liberal spendthrift and lost by a mere 1.7 percent margin" "Mere" is really a value judgement, and is probably inappropriate for wikipedia. opinions? seems like the article was written by a jr campaign staffer. 24.14.94.254 18:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

1.7% is a very low margin. Especially for a man in the primaries against an incumbent. News article generally use similair wording to describe the loss. This one (http://www.macon.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/14525507.htm?source=rss&channel=inquirer_local) uses the phrasing "narrowly lost a primary challenge". This one (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5367075)uses "Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) wins renomination for a fifth term by the skin of his teeth, edging conservative Rep. Patrick Toomey in the Republican primary". Both are respectable sources, perhaps linking to one of them would help.68.70.149.142 21:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)