Yesterday, approximately 300 union workers protested outside of Arlen Specter’s Pittsburgh office due to his recent statement that he would oppose the Employee Free Choice Act that he once co-sponsored. The workers delivered around 12,000 letters to the staff in his Pittsburgh office. This is a huge blow from organized labor for Specter and strengthens the overtone that his political career is in great jeopardy.

With Pat Toomey making his run for Senate official today, Specter is looking to be in great danger. The connection of these two events is significant because if Specter would have supported the Employee Free Choice Act he may have been able to get some Democrats to cross over to the Republican Party to support him in a primary run against Toomey. However, with labor and moderate Democrats alienated by Specter, and moderate Republicans hardly existing in Pennsylvania, Pat Toomey winning a primary against Specter seems very likely.

Granted, this primary is over a year away and we all know that a year is a century in politics. For those who support Specter, just hope that he has somebody with a smart political strategy leading the way.