But given attitudes toward traditional pols, interest in grass-roots/Tea Party-types and Luksik's showing in past campaigns (she won 46 percent of the 1990 GOP primary vote for governor) such assumptions might not hold. Especially since in a recent poll, Toomey's name pulls "no opinion" from 62 percent of voters.
In the other races, including a nationally watched Democratic Senate primary, numbers clearly suggest that anything's possible.
Last week's Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows 44 percent of Democratic voters "undecided" between Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak. This despite Specter's being in office since Pennsylvania was the Quaker Province, and Sestak putting out more press releases than the federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing puts out folding money.
It must be a case of nobody likes Specter and nobody knows Sestak.
The same poll shows 65 percent of Republicans "undecided" in the GOP primary for governor. This despite party-endorsed Tom Corbett being a two-time statewide winner, the most visible, aggressive state attorney general since the office became elective in 1980 and running against arch-conservative and unknown Berks County state Rep. Sam Rohrer.
Sixty-five percent undecided? Grab yer pitchforks and hear the Rohrer!
At a forum last week in Harrisburg sponsored by United Way of Pennsylvania (not the best audience for a right-wing Republican), Rohrer not only showed (Corbett did not) but he didn't pander, he didn't perturb and he held his own against the Democrats.
Speaking of whom, a whopping 72 percent are "undecided" in the Democratic race for governor. None of the entrants - Joe Hoeffel, Dan Onorato, Jack Wagner, Tony Williams - has above 6 percent support.
I mean, why not just draw straws?
