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POV-Check

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

its still a value judgement, meant to diminish the fact that he lost

compare: "Toomey criticized Specter as a liberal spendthrift and lost by a 1.7 percent margin"

article was already edited tho, but gonna add to watchlist

Annoying username (talk) 07:20, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Better picture?

Wow--that picture in the article just screams "Photoshop." Isn't there a better one out there? --Ball&Chain 20:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i like it, you can see his ENOURMOUS fivehead

213.141.89.20 (talk) 07:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy

Just watched SiCKO, and apparently this is the guy that did the ad for Just Born Inc's Marshmallow Peeps in Congress. Surely this has to rate a mention on this guys page? 203.192.141.76 09:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creationism

Toomey is in Category:Creationists, but this article makes no mention of his being a creationist. This is a very oblique way of offering information; it seems to me that something like this should either be mentioned in the article, with a citation offered, or that he should be removed from the category. Student Anselmus (talk) 15:03, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't heard anything of him being a creationist, if a citation is not forthcoming the category should be removed. Non-Dairy Creamer (talk) 20:11, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed it, as well as several other unreferenced categories. Mahalo. --Ali'i 17:55, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't his run against Specter, leading Specter to join the Democratic Party (and shifting the balance in the Senate), be mentioned?

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 ::Removed it, as well as several other unreferenced categories. Mahalo. --[[User:Ali'i|Ali'i]] 17:55, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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+== Shouldn't his run against Specter, leading Specter to join the Democratic Party (and shifting the balance in the Senate), be mentioned?  ==
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+Shouldn't his run against Specter, leading Specter to join the Democratic Party (and shifting the balance in the Senate), be mentioned?