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Well the Republicans in their infinite wisdom were running an ultra conservative primary challenger against him. The guy, Pat Toomey, would have won in the primary (ahead of Specter by 20-some points) but almost certainly been crushed in the general election. A completely pointless exercise in other words.
The thing is, PA is pretty much a center-left state. All Specter was doing was representing his constituents, in fact for the most part he was more conservative than his constituents. Now he will probably feel pressure from the Democrats to support their agenda, which is his ticket to re election. Dumb, dumb move on the Republicans part.