Ahead of the vote SOP predicted a Sestak win over Benedict Arlen Specter. Take a look at this poll presently underway at Philly.com.
It's 12:52 P.M. and the count is 1042 for Sestak to 384 for Specter or a 73 to 26% lead. I find this poll particularly important given that in the Philly region, it is home to Specter, and Delaware County, is the home turn for Sestak.
Showing posts with label Joseph Sestak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joseph Sestak. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Obama Pushes Specter Over Sestak
SOP is going to predict a victory for Joseph Sestak ahead of today's election. Polls have the race neck and not so neck.
In 2006 Sestak unseated Curt Weldon to take back a Republican held seat in Congress. It is somewhat perplexing that Obama is pushing Specter the Defector over Sestak on claims that Specter is an ally.
Jake Tapper reports that Obama's campaign arm is calling for a grassroots effort to push Specter through Organizing For America.
Organizing for America, the former grass-roots campaign arm for President Obama’s 2008 campaign, is trying to rally supporters to phone bank and get out the vote in Pennsylvania for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., the former Republican locked in a tight primary race with a far more progressive Democrat, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Penn.
Chris Bolling, the national volunteer coordinator for OFA, writes in an email that the “stakes of this election are high: ensuring that allies of the President are elected in the House and Senate to fight for change. So starting this weekend, through Tuesday's election, there will be phone banks for OFA volunteers in D.C. We'll call into Pennsylvania and encourage voters to support leaders who will fight for President Obama's vision for change.”
During the 111th Congress, Sestak voted with the Democratic majority for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, and the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Can the President ask for a better ally?
Or should the question really be what has Specter promised in terms of votes to Obama in return for his support?
In 2006 Sestak unseated Curt Weldon to take back a Republican held seat in Congress. It is somewhat perplexing that Obama is pushing Specter the Defector over Sestak on claims that Specter is an ally.
Jake Tapper reports that Obama's campaign arm is calling for a grassroots effort to push Specter through Organizing For America.
Organizing for America, the former grass-roots campaign arm for President Obama’s 2008 campaign, is trying to rally supporters to phone bank and get out the vote in Pennsylvania for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., the former Republican locked in a tight primary race with a far more progressive Democrat, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Penn.
Chris Bolling, the national volunteer coordinator for OFA, writes in an email that the “stakes of this election are high: ensuring that allies of the President are elected in the House and Senate to fight for change. So starting this weekend, through Tuesday's election, there will be phone banks for OFA volunteers in D.C. We'll call into Pennsylvania and encourage voters to support leaders who will fight for President Obama's vision for change.”
During the 111th Congress, Sestak voted with the Democratic majority for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, and the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Can the President ask for a better ally?
Or should the question really be what has Specter promised in terms of votes to Obama in return for his support?
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Specter The Defector Found Out Joe Has Show
Back in February Senator Arlen Specter thought he would make a classy move and rudely interrupt Congressman Joseph Sestak who was speaking at the PA Progressive Summit 2010. You can watch the video here. The PA Progressive movement describes itself this way. The Summit, held in Harrisburg on January 29-30, 2010, was the largest non-partisan gathering of progressive activists ever assembled in Pennsylvania. More than 500 people came together from all over the state for the training.
The infamous SEIU and the AFL-CIO are the backbone of the organization. These so called activists are really union thugs as highlighted in this story with video, SEIU Thugs Beat Up Town Hall Protester. The thugs even snuck in the "Handicapped" door.
From the post: As we all know the SEIU has been Mr. Obama’s most staunch supporters. They also are the union that represents healthcare workers. So they have a very strong interest in the passage of Obama-care.
Oddly enough the (St Louis Dispatch) article from our watchdog media mentions none of this.
When Senator Arlen Specter opened up his attack on Congressman Joe Sestak, his opponent on the Democratic side, he hit the airwaves with a 30-second attack ad that criticized Sestak’s record in the Navy and missed congressional votes the past year. It's called the "No Show Joe" video by PoliticsPA.
In response Sestak has launched a missle from his campaign office, well an ad anyway, tieing Specter to Bush. The essence of this ad is not Bush but the fact that Specter openly admitted changing parties to save his job. "My changing parties will enable me to be re-elected." Arlen, how is that working out for you?
Funny I thought both are tied to Pelosi and Reid. Sestak knew healtcare reform couldn't pass on its own so he wanted to use parliamentary procedure to bypass true democracy.
“I feel strongly enough in my support for increasing competition in the insurance market that I support the passage of the public option and repeal of the anti-trust trust exemption, using whatever means is necessary, including reconciliation,” Sestak wrote.
As SOP recently reported the only competition might be from state insurance exchange to state insurance exchange if big companies have their way. Of course no one actually read the bill before they passed it so no wonder loopholes abound.
For the rest of us at least there is comfort in Pat Toomey's victory in the general election. According to this article from Real Clear Politics more than half of Pennsylvanias feel the new healthcare law is bad for the country.
The infamous SEIU and the AFL-CIO are the backbone of the organization. These so called activists are really union thugs as highlighted in this story with video, SEIU Thugs Beat Up Town Hall Protester. The thugs even snuck in the "Handicapped" door.
From the post: As we all know the SEIU has been Mr. Obama’s most staunch supporters. They also are the union that represents healthcare workers. So they have a very strong interest in the passage of Obama-care.
Oddly enough the (St Louis Dispatch) article from our watchdog media mentions none of this.
When Senator Arlen Specter opened up his attack on Congressman Joe Sestak, his opponent on the Democratic side, he hit the airwaves with a 30-second attack ad that criticized Sestak’s record in the Navy and missed congressional votes the past year. It's called the "No Show Joe" video by PoliticsPA.
In response Sestak has launched a missle from his campaign office, well an ad anyway, tieing Specter to Bush. The essence of this ad is not Bush but the fact that Specter openly admitted changing parties to save his job. "My changing parties will enable me to be re-elected." Arlen, how is that working out for you?
Funny I thought both are tied to Pelosi and Reid. Sestak knew healtcare reform couldn't pass on its own so he wanted to use parliamentary procedure to bypass true democracy.
“I feel strongly enough in my support for increasing competition in the insurance market that I support the passage of the public option and repeal of the anti-trust trust exemption, using whatever means is necessary, including reconciliation,” Sestak wrote.
As SOP recently reported the only competition might be from state insurance exchange to state insurance exchange if big companies have their way. Of course no one actually read the bill before they passed it so no wonder loopholes abound.
For the rest of us at least there is comfort in Pat Toomey's victory in the general election. According to this article from Real Clear Politics more than half of Pennsylvanias feel the new healthcare law is bad for the country.
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