Sen. Arlen Specter, who was leading his Republican opponent by double digits only two months ago, is now lagging by double-digits, massacred by the health-care proposal which is deeply unpopular in Pennsylvania.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters shows 48% would vote for Toomey if the election were held today. Just 36% would vote for Specter while four percent (4%) prefer a third option, and 12% are not sure.

What's more, his lead in the Democrat primary is shrinking as well.

Senator Arlen Specter leads Congressman Joe Sestak by 13 percentage points in an early look at the 2010 Democratic Senatorial Primary in Pennsylvania. In June, Specter had a 19-point lead.

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

George W. Bush's decision to support Specter for reelection in 2004 was highly controversial, since Specter was always a Republican in name-only. When he crossed over the aisle, it was seen as good riddance, and an unpleasant necessity by Democrats looking for a filibuster-proof majority. It looks now, finally, that we will be witnessing the ignominious end to Specter's political career.