Specter Loss a Signal of Consservative Strength?

The Club for Growth, blamed for losing Arlen Specter as a result of endorsing the conservative GOP challenger Pat Toomey, responds with a relevant quote from Ronaldus Maximus:

“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It cannot compromise its fundamental beliefs for political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. It is not a social club or fraternity engaged in intramural contests to accumulate trophies on the mantel over the fireplace...No one can quarrel with the idea that a political party hopes it can attract a wide following, but does it do this by forsaking its basic beliefs? By blurring its own image so as to be indistinguishable from the opposition party?"

Pat Toomey is undoubtedly a conservative - and is so far ahead of wishy-washy Specter that Specter already saw the writing on the wall and is trying to preserve his own power. To me, that signals a strengthening conservative view in the party.

Incidentally, the GOP is stronger than ever. According to Rasmussen, Republicans are now favored over Democrats on the generic ballot for only the second time in five years.