rssSestak Not Ruling Out Pennsylvania Senate Run in 2010
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 2:31 pm
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It wasn’t just Republicans leaders who were thrown a curveball today when Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter switched parties to become a Democrat. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) has been raising money like mad this year with his eyes on the Senate seat to be contested in 2010.
The question now — one of many whirling around Washington in the wake of Specter’s announcement — is whether Sestak will continue to seek the seat even as everyone from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to President Barack Obama is embracing Specter’s arrival to the party.
Appearing on MSNBC a few minutes ago, Sestak — in just his second year term in the House — said that Specter still has to prove that he’ll stand up for Democratic priorities. Until then, he said he’s not ruling out a primary run in 2010, instead saying he’ll “have to wait and see.”
And so, for now, will the rest of us.
5 Comments
Comment posted April 28, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Sestak took office in January 2007 – making him today, in April 2009, in his third year in the house.
Comment posted April 28, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
Pennsylvanians need a real Democrat (Sestak), not a Democrat of convenience (Specter). Sestak is more in the line of the Democratic Party and although I do not live in Pennsylvania, I will support him financially. This should be left to the people of Pennsylvania, not the Democratic Party.
Comment posted April 29, 2009 @ 12:16 am
Sestak is more closely associated with the Blue Dog Democrats than Democratic priorities.
Sestak voted to give Bush a blank check on Iraq (no timetables), voted to fund Cheney's office, voted for warrant-less wiretaps, and voted for telecom immunity. He's always been against any impeachment or investigation of Bush/Cheney.
Sestak is strongly disliked by many in the local leadership of his district, because he treated them with disdain and has been of no help in local races. Sestak does have a lot of followers that haven't seen the man behind the curtain, but Sestak is no leader.
Comment posted April 29, 2009 @ 7:16 am
Sestak is more closely associated with the Blue Dog Democrats than Democratic priorities.
Sestak voted to give Bush a blank check on Iraq (no timetables), voted to fund Cheney's office, voted for warrant-less wiretaps, and voted for telecom immunity. He's always been against any impeachment or investigation of Bush/Cheney.
Sestak is strongly disliked by many in the local leadership of his district, because he treated them with disdain and has been of no help in local races. Sestak does have a lot of followers that haven't seen the man behind the curtain, but Sestak is no leader.
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