Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Specter Could Face Challengers in Democratic Primary
Fox News ^ | Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Posted on 04/29/2009 7:07:17 PM PDT by Panzerlied

Not all Pennsylvania Democrats are down with Arlen Specter.

Though the party-switching senator has the support of President Obama and Gov. Ed Rendell, at least two potential candidates are leaving open the door to challenge Specter in the 2010 Democratic primary.

Rep. Joe Sestak, who's been a prolific fundraiser, is considering defying party leaders and running against Specter despite Tuesday's hoopla, though he told FOXNews.com on Wednesday, "I have not made up my mind on it."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: demprimary; pa2010; sestak; specter
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-58 last
To: Defiant
That would be a perfect ending to Specter's ridiculously hypocritical career.
41 posted on 04/29/2009 8:34:34 PM PDT by KLT (A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers Go!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: Panzerlied

The democrats will use Specter like a rented Donkey..


42 posted on 04/29/2009 8:37:46 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KLT
Think about it, if you were a PA Dem, would you have any faith in this turn coat? The Dems win by being together, no matter how bad the candidate, they stick together, well with this skunk you never could be sure which way he would jump.... “ Not Proven” my A**
43 posted on 04/29/2009 8:44:02 PM PDT by BooBoo1000 (Some times I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: BooBoo1000

If I was a PA demonrat, I’d jump off a ship...LOL..but I would not vote for Arlen Benedict Arnold...it’s not the first time he’s jumped ship...he was a demonrat and joined the Republican Party to win an election...was there ever since till the same situation arose..The man is beyond disgusting..


44 posted on 04/29/2009 8:49:13 PM PDT by KLT (A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers Go!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: BooBoo1000
Boo Boo that's our French Poodle's name and she's a cutie.....just thought I would add that.

At any rate...has anyone brought up the Murdering Lib Activist Ira Einhorn...Guess good ole Ira is still livin it up in France or somewhere in Europe when his defense attorney ARLEN THE TOAD SPECTER dropped the ball, Einhorn was found guilty in absentia for the murder of his g/f after he fled...Not sure if he was ever apprehended..

45 posted on 04/29/2009 8:54:54 PM PDT by KLT (A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers Go!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Panzerlied

Oh now this makes me smile.


46 posted on 04/29/2009 9:10:21 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (From the God Who brought you the plague of frogs and boils comes......OBAMA!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Panzerlied

Oh now this makes me smile.


47 posted on 04/29/2009 9:10:21 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (From the God Who brought you the plague of frogs and boils comes......OBAMA!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Panzerlied

48 posted on 04/29/2009 9:17:10 PM PDT by potlatch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Clintonfatigued; yongin; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; fieldmarshaldj

Sestak smells like Jim Webb.


49 posted on 04/30/2009 12:14:25 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Panzerlied

I’ll personally donate money to any challenger to spectraitor in the dem primary.


50 posted on 04/30/2009 5:38:12 AM PDT by Darwin Fish
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Impy

Ah, another Nazi Klansman.


51 posted on 04/30/2009 8:37:36 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: Theodore R.

Well, of course Bernie Sanders is popular in Vermont. I don’t remember the whole story—there may also have been some earlier understanding that Jeffords would get his turn as governor after Howard Dean left.

In any case, he was left out in the cold.


52 posted on 04/30/2009 8:37:49 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: Panzerlied

As well he SHOULD.


53 posted on 04/30/2009 8:39:14 AM PDT by MortMan (Power without responsibility-the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. - Rudyard Kipling)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LibLieSlayer

He lost his marbles back with the Warren Commission. Hasn’t seem them since.


54 posted on 05/01/2009 5:33:05 PM PDT by Jenny217
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: KLT

Einhorn is acutally at this minute in a Pennsylvania prison serving his time for murder. It took a while, but it finally did catch up with him.


55 posted on 05/01/2009 5:36:35 PM PDT by Jenny217
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: Jenny217

Thank you Jenny, I know he was on the lamb for a long time....many years, Thanks for the info...


56 posted on 05/01/2009 5:40:32 PM PDT by KLT (A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers Go!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: fieldmarshaldj

Wackjob ex-military is what I was going for.

He left his marbles floating in the ocean.


57 posted on 05/01/2009 11:06:27 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Jenny217

Very true.

LLS


58 posted on 05/02/2009 4:09:18 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-58 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson