Candidate Sestak Begins Tour...Of Every County In Pennsylvania
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) has now all but officially announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate. Over the holiday weekend, the retired Rear Admiral--who's been dancing around the question for weeks now--continued a listening tour of every county in Pennsylvania.
At a stop in Northampton County yesterday, he spoke of his candidacy as a fait accompli. "This isn't something I wanted to do four months ago, but it has to be done," Sestak told Lehigh Valley Live. "Someone has to be in this race that's credible."
In late May, TPMDC broke the news that Sestak had been raising money from supporters for an intended Senate primary run against freshly minted Democrat Arlen Specter. Sestak has been critical of Specter since Specter switched parties earlier this spring, calling him an unreliable Democrat and questioning his fitness to serve another term.
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Go Joe! Arlen, give it up and draw your pension and Social Security.
July 6, 2009 9:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
I will give Joe some money! While I am not happy about ex-military general staff populating the civilian government, and Joe is not the most liberal Democrat in the deck, (YOU GO Senator Franken!), "magic bullet" Specter is loathsome to me.
His despicable performance in the Thomas hearings was simply the crowning sludge on the sewer of his self-serving career. If both Arlen Specter and Joe LIEberman attempted to ride the same Senate subway car, I have no doubt their egos would burst the windows and block traffic until pigs flew to the rescue. Do these insane old men believe they have some inalienable right to die with their Guccis on and their hands out? A more compelling argument for term limits is impossible to conceive!
July 6, 2009 9:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
This tour is a good move for Sestak because his main problem was name recognition outside the Philly area. He represents a district on the south side of Philly and I'm on the north side, but I did send him a few bucks twice during his run against Curt Weldon. Good riddance to Weldon.
July 6, 2009 12:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
My cousin still lives in Pennsylvania and said there is a growing movement to support Sestak.
I like him but I am worried he may be worse than Specter in the end. I just don't know
July 6, 2009 1:18 PM | Reply | Permalink