Arlen Specter, an appreciation (Updated)
I grew up outside of Philadelphia for the first 21 years of my life. If I still lived there, I would have voted for Joe Sestak. But, since Arlen Specter is out after 30 years, I wanted to put up a...
View ArticleA great night for Dems like us
The results from Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Arkansas are in, and it's all good news, IMO.A teabagger with extra baggage won the Kentucky GOP Senate nomination, and the better Democrat by far won the...
View ArticleThank You, Mr. Specter (no snark)
A life spent in public service should not go unacknowledged and unappreciated.
View ArticleNow It’s Four That Obama Backed That Fell.
Creigh Deeds, Martha Coakley, Jon Corzine, and now Arlen Specter.This is four now that were in Blue or Purple states, were endorsed by Barack Obama, and then crashed in flames.
View ArticleArlen Specter
On Arlen SpecterThe spin doctors are saying that Specter lost because of an anti-incumbent mood, a youth revolution, an anti-Washington mood, and blah, blah, blah. In my humble opinion, it has been...
View ArticleSestak is going to get his ass handed to him in Nov.
Did anyone watch Sestak's victory speech tonight?
View ArticlePennsylvania voters strike a blow against political opportunism
Arlen Specter, a US Senator representing the state of Pennsylvania for almost 30 years, lost tonight in the Democratic party primary against Joe Sestak. Score it Democratic Process: 1, Political...
View ArticleGood News for Progressive Democrats
I know that the primaries aren’t over and the final results might be different, but I think liberal and progressive Democrats scored big in the latest elections. And I’m happy.Based on this NY Times...
View ArticleObama had Specter at "I love you"....(Updated)
I found it singularly amusing watching the big talking heads on CNN and MSNBC last night offering their positively correct analysis of why Arlen Specter went down in defeat to Joe Sestak. I was amazed...
View ArticleCountdown with Keith Olbermann - May 19, 2010
{insert image of me getting out Blanche Lincoln voodoo doll & pins here} DAMMIT! A run - off in Arkansas...oh well... I gotta admit being a little nervous, though. Don't incumbents usually win run...
View ArticleThe Untold Story in Yesterday’s Primaries: Voter Turnout
For months we’ve been hearing about teabagger anger, the "enthusiasm gap" between highly motivated republican voters and complacent Democrats. The media has told us ad nauseum that there would be a...
View ArticlePublic (as in Option) won in primaries: in your face, DCCC establishment!
Sestak: I'd Have A Hard Time Voting For A Health Care Bill Without A Public OptionI got into this race despite the political establishment of the Democratic party saying "Don't get into it"I'll...
View ArticleA Different Result
"The real gamble in this election is playing the same Washington game with the same Washington players and expecting a different result."--Barack Obama, 12/27/2007, Des Moines, IowaIn politics,...
View ArticleProgressives Get Clean Sweep on Election Night
Last night went just about as well as it could possibly go for progressives. The more progressive candidate won in Pennsylvania when Joe Sestak ousted long-time Republican, short-time Democrat Arlen...
View ArticleNewt: Gearing Up for a Run? w/poll
Tom Schaller at 538 posts the first part of a two-part summary of his phone interview with Newt Gingrich last Monday before the recent primaries titled Gingrich Sounds Amped to Run. In fact, Schaller...
View ArticlePA-Sen: Specter bowing out gracefully
Classy:Senator Arlen Specter is a politician who detests losing but he made a magnanimous gesture on Tuesday to Representative Joe Sestak, the man who defeated him in last week’s Democratic Senate...
View ArticleCall off the impeachment
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee demanded a special prosecutor. The ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee called it"Obama's Watergate." Meanwhile, back...
View ArticleRepublicans Criminalizing Politics over Sestak Affair
While Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has deemed the Sestak no-pay-for-no-play non-scandal an "illegal quid pro quo" and "Obama's Watergate," the overwhelming consensus of legal opinion had concluded...
View ArticleWhat would a Lincoln loss mean for November?
That's the big question today among the punditocracy. A Lincoln loss today would mean three incumbent Senators--Bennett and Specter being the other two--to lose. That hasn't happened since 1980. But...
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