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Congressman tells TWI he will run against Specter-(Dem Sestak To Primary Spector!)
Wayne Independent ^ | 7/1/09 | By Steve McConnell

Posted on 07/01/2009 10:31:17 AM PDT by tcrlaf

A congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs will challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary.

In an interview with The Wayne Independent Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa.,confirmed his intention to run against Specter, a long-time Republican who switched to the Democratic party earlier this year.

“I am going to get into the race against Arlen Specter ... for senator,” said Sestak in his first media interview as part of a three-week tour through all of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties.

Wayne County was his first stop where he met with local Democrats prior to his interview with The Wayne Independent.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: foolishness; pa2010; primary; sestak; spector
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To: JSDude1

Polls show Toomey doing better against Sestak than Specter.


21 posted on 07/01/2009 10:52:19 AM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: tcrlaf

Go Sestak Go! I’ll send him a couple bucks in the primary. LOL


22 posted on 07/01/2009 10:57:39 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: tcrlaf; Clemenza; Clintonfatigued; Impy; darkangel82; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy

Sphincter vs. $hitstack... what a wonderful set of choices for the rodentry.


23 posted on 07/01/2009 11:01:44 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Paleo Conservative
What’s better for Toomey? Sestak or Specter as the DemocRAT nominee?

Good question! Them slestaks are hard to put down!


24 posted on 07/01/2009 11:03:56 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: tcrlaf

look for Arlen to flip-flop again on card check in an attempt to fend him off


25 posted on 07/01/2009 11:04:49 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: nhwingut

“Toomey would have a shot against Specter. He’d get killed against Sestak.

Sestak is a big lib, but masquerades it well with his Navy background.”
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I think that by 2010, the people of Pennsylvania (as well as the rest of the nation) will have it up to their eyebrows of a 1-party run government.....of a country and economy that have been run into the ground.

That will really benefit Toomey.


26 posted on 07/01/2009 11:11:02 AM PDT by TMA62 (TMA62)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Sestak was pretty much hated by his men because he had politics as his goal every day he served.

Hummmm,....sounds familiar. What was the name of that barnacle that served in Vietnam with me, oh yeah, John Fing Kerry.

Consider this an official Navy apology to you for: Jimmah Carter, John Fing Kerry, and Joke Sestak.

27 posted on 07/01/2009 11:12:03 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (The Golden Goose doesn't exist that Marxists can't kill.)
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To: tcrlaf
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28 posted on 07/01/2009 11:23:11 AM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. God help us.)
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To: tcrlaf

Sestak really should confer with Hoeffel to find out what happens to a candidate in PA who bucks both the Democrat and Republicrat parties’ candidate, Specter. (It spells the end of his brief ignonymous political life.)


29 posted on 07/01/2009 11:50:51 AM PDT by penowa
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To: tcrlaf

Any truth to the rumor that Specter was blackmailed into changing party over an allegation of homosexual activity?


30 posted on 07/01/2009 12:45:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Payback’s a b!tch, eh, Specter?


31 posted on 07/01/2009 12:56:41 PM PDT by Polyxene (America held hostage for the next 4 years by a RAT thug from Chicago - www.obamaclock.org)
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To: tcrlaf

One thing for sure, PA people are experts at picking the worst possible candidates.


32 posted on 07/01/2009 1:59:23 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
I prefer this one in a suit:

33 posted on 07/01/2009 2:00:55 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: TMA62

What makes you think enough people in Philadelphia will give up on socialism to allow Toomey to cobble together a majority? PA people really believe in government programs. I guess they are un-Franklin.


34 posted on 07/01/2009 2:02:05 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: a fool in paradise

Isn’t Specter too old for that?


35 posted on 07/01/2009 2:02:42 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping


36 posted on 07/01/2009 2:57:39 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Better to convert enemies to allies than to destroy them)
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To: PapaBear3625

What if Arlen were also nominated by a smaller party after losing to Sestak?


37 posted on 07/01/2009 3:18:20 PM PDT by MSF BU (++)
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To: JSDude1

“Toomey would be more likely to WIN against Spector becuase of the “stay at home effect” of the RATs rather than against Sestak.”

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Interesting theory...


38 posted on 07/01/2009 3:56:53 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Country and the Tea Party! Take America Back! [I hate the TRAITORS in the enemedia.])
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To: VeniVidiVici

“Any bets Arlen switches back? :-)”

LOL - that’d be worse than Brett Favre un-retiring..


39 posted on 07/01/2009 4:06:29 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Country and the Tea Party! Take America Back! [I hate the TRAITORS in the enemedia.])
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To: Prokopton

“Sorry, Insane Lefties are whats in now,”
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Question is, will that still be in in 2010, and certainly 2012...we can only pray and work toward NO.


40 posted on 07/01/2009 4:08:59 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Country and the Tea Party! Take America Back! [I hate the TRAITORS in the enemedia.])
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