Progressive-around-town Adam Green has set up a Facebook group called I support a real progressive against Arlen Specter, which is what it sounds like: a
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Progressive-around-town Adam Green has set up a Facebook groupcalled “I support a real progressive against Arlen Specter,” which is what it sounds like: a place to pledge $25 if a more liberal candidate runs against Specter in the Democratic primary. So far they have 286 members, which would make for $7150, which isn’t nothing, but I’m more interested in the early adopters:
Tom Swan, who managed Ned Lamont’s 2006 Senate campaign.
Bob Fertik of Democrats.com, who you used to see at every liberal event pushing for the impeachment of former President George W. Bush.
Paul Hogarth of BeyondChron.
Todd Beeton of MyDD.com.
John Arovosis of AmericaBlog.com.
So some of the people you’d expect to join this, but not really a landslide of anti-Specter sentiment. I can think of dozens of prominent progressives who have not joined this particular cause.