Middle ground up for grabs in Senate race

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW: Michael Moreken is stuck in the middle.

On his left stands Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak, a Delaware County congressman who voted for the health care overhaul that will strip $500 million in Medicare Advantage subsidies. On his right is Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey, a former congressman and one-time investment banker who is “too close to Wall Street,” said Moreken, 75.

“If there was a third person, I’d vote for him,” said Moreken, a Republican from Drexel Hill.

He’s among the 11 percent of undecided voters who likely will swing this Senate contest between two ideological opponents grappling to represent a moderate state, according to a Susquehanna Polling & Research survey conducted for the Tribune-Review. The poll found Toomey leading Sestak 45 percent to 42 percent, with a 3.5 percentage point margin of error…  (more)

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