On the heels of the somewhat grim numbers for Specter from Susquehanna this morning, Rasmussen Reports is out with a new poll in in the Pennsylvania Senate race showing Democrat Arlen Specter trailing Republican Pat Toomey by five points, 40-45.  While bad news for Specter, this actually represents an improvement for him given that last month's Rasmussen survey had Toomey up twelve.

Overall, Specter leads Toomey in the RCP Average by 0.8%.

The race is a dead heat when Toomey is matched against the other possible Democratic challenger, Joe Sestak. Sestak takes 38% to Toomey's 37%, with 19% undecided. This is also a significant improvement for Democrat Sestak. Last month's Rasmussen poll had him trailing Toomey by eight points, 43 to 35.

Toomey currently leads Sestak by 2.0% in the RCP Average.

Tomorrow morning Rasmussen will be releasing results on the Democratic primary.