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Democratic senatorial candidate Joe Sestak attacked his opponent, Republican Pat Toomey, who said Friday he was in favor of privatizing Social Security.
“It is critical that we protect and preserve Social Security as well as take steps to ensure its solvency for future generations,” Sestak said, while talking to voters on Tuesday in Scranton.
Sestak’s campaign stressed the fact that Toomey has said on record in various media outlets that he is in favor of privatization.
On Friday, Toomey was interviewed by Ted Koppel for National Public Radio, where he said he was in favor after weeks of actively denying it, said a Sestak campaign spokesman.
“Yeah, and the thing, you know, I’ve always objected to the term privatize because it conjures up very misleading notions, I think, for a lot of people,” Toomey told Ted Koppel during a National Public Radio interview.
• An average of various polling data shows Toomey with a roughly 7 point lead (46.9-40), according to Real Clear Politics, a website which averages together poll results from different polling agencies, including Rasmussen Reports, Franklin & Marshall, and Quinnipiac, among others.
Another polling cite Five-Thirty-Eight, which is now under the umbrella of The New York Times, says that as of Oct. 1, Toomey has a 94.6 percent chance of winning the election.
The projected election vote percentage is 52.1 percent to Toomey, and 45.3 percent to Sestak.
However, The New York Times rating still has the state listed as a toss-up.
A new McClatchy Newspapers poll has Toomey up by 9 percentage points. The poll also said likely voters in the state are split (46-46) on whether or not they think the worst is yet to come or if the worst is over.
Democratic senatorial candidate Joe Sestak attacked his opponent, Republican Pat Toomey, who said Friday he was in favor of privatizing Social Security.
“It is critical that we protect and preserve Social Security as well as take steps to ensure its solvency for future generations,” Sestak said, while talking to voters on Tuesday in Scranton.
Sestak’s campaign stressed the fact that Toomey has said on record in various media outlets that he is in favor of privatization.
On Friday, Toomey was interviewed by Ted Koppel for National Public Radio, where he said he was in favor after weeks of actively denying it, said a Sestak campaign spokesman.
“Yeah, and the thing, you know, I’ve always objected to the term privatize because it conjures up very misleading notions, I think, for a lot of people,” Toomey told Ted Koppel during a National Public Radio interview.
• An average of various polling data shows Toomey with a roughly 7 point lead (46.9-40), according to Real Clear Politics, a website which averages together poll results from different polling agencies, including Rasmussen Reports, Franklin & Marshall, and Quinnipiac, among others.
Another polling cite Five-Thirty-Eight, which is now under the umbrella of The New York Times, says that as of Oct. 1, Toomey has a 94.6 percent chance of winning the election.
The projected election vote percentage is 52.1 percent to Toomey, and 45.3 percent to Sestak.
However, The New York Times rating still has the state listed as a toss-up.
A new McClatchy Newspapers poll has Toomey up by 9 percentage points. The poll also said likely voters in the state are split (46-46) on whether or not they think the worst is yet to come or if the worst is over.
