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...would not have predicted what happened today five years ago or even five hours ago," said Montgomery County commissioner Joe Hoeffel, who ran unsuccessfully against Specter in 2004. "It's bigger than Senator Specter's future. It's bigger than the fate of a couple of my friends who wanted to run against him in the Democratic primary who are kind of being rudely shoved aside ... There will certainly be Pennsylvania Democrats who will not be pleased about this, but I think people will see the greater good here," Hoeffel told TIME hours after the announcement...
...causing so many conflicts within the party," says Sarah Chamberlain Resnik, executive director of the Republican Main Street Partnership, a group of congressional moderates that plans to match the club by giving $1 million to Specter. Democrats hope the internecine G.O.P. battle will help their likely candidate, Representative Joe Hoeffel. But even if Specter wins, the RINO hunters say, they will have made their presence felt. Says Moore: "It will put all Republicans in the House and Senate on notice that we're watching their votes." --By Douglas Waller
...this seat from Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky by emphasizing her 1993 vote for the Clinton budget--a betrayal in this affluent Republican district. Now Fox faces Joe Hoeffel, who accuses him of being a Gingrich loyalist. In what is considered a bellwether race, party leaders are paying special attention to this hotly contested campaign...
...JOSEPH HOEFFEL (D) District...
...Hoeffel says the G.O.P. agenda is too radical and that Jon Fox is one of the extremists. Casting himself as a moderate, Hoeffel advocates a balanced budget and streamlined government, but not at the expense of Medicaid, Social Security and the environment. This race hinges on whether Hoeffel can convince this G.O.P. district that Fox is not the independent-minded Republican he says...