Toomey: Obama, Wrong on Economy, Right on Afghanistan

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is criticizing President Barack Obama's economic policies, but says the president is making the right call by sending 30-thousand more troops to Afghanistan.
Pat Toomey lives in Allentown, and says he disagrees with the economic plans President Obama touted during a town hall meeting there.
Toomey says the government is making the recession worse with what he calls out of control spending, and he wants to see the federal budget capped.
Toomey doesn't think Obama's doing everything wrong, though-he supports the decision to increase the US military presence in Afghanistan.

"I do think that we can win in Afghanistan. I think it's vitally important that we not allow the Taliban to reestablish Afghanistan as a sanctuary for terrorist groups like al Qaeda. So I support the president's decision."


Democratic incumbent Arlen Specter opposes the increase. Toomey calls the stance "unfortunate," arguing Specter's making a political calculation to appeal to liberal voters.