Dan-
Here is a much better, and longer clip of the interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDegDJq9kk

If you want to know what is wrong with Washington you don’t have to go any further than this joke of a Senator. In 1993 he was one of the biggest blockers of the public option. Once push left town he found him a new sugar daddy in Obama and like any good lap dog he is learning his out doing tricks for his master. This man has reach a level in his life that he is simply a punchline to a joke at a party. Democrat if you don’t want to vote Toomey at least vote for Sestak. I am a Toomey supporter, but could stomach Sestak before Specter because Sestak at least believes in what he is standing for instead of some poor lap dog doing tricks for his supper.

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If you want to know what is wrong with Washington you don’t have to go any further than this joke of a Senator. In 1993 he was one of the biggest blockers of the public option. Once Bush left town he found himself a new sugar daddy in Obama and like any good lap dog he is out doing tricks for his master. This man has reach a level in his life that he is simply a punchline to a joke at a party. Democrat if you don’t want to vote Toomey at least vote for Sestak. I am a Toomey supporter, but could stomach Sestak before Specter because Sestak at least believes in what he is standing for instead of some poor lap dog doing tricks for his supper.

So he was an obstructionist until last year and now he is unobstructed? Somebody call a plumber!

I concur with you Jeff completely!

You’ll like this Go Pat Go!
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=73WIYW

The more that the hardcore obstructionist Republicans don’t like Specter, the better Specter looks to the Dems.

That’s scary! Do you agree with the back door deal being hatched on health care reform? What ever happened to sunlight being the best disinfectant?
Is there no room to compromise on anything. The dems are committing political suicide, and in the process alienating alot of dems that feel different than you.

Karen-
The Dems would be committing political suicide if they failed to enact health care reform.

The majority of country wants reform and some kind of public option for basic insurance at an affordable rate.

The details and shape are what’s being debated, and each approach has trade-offs. There are going to be plenty of compromises to get this through.

However, the Republicans GOT many of their compromises and STILL refused to vote for the various bills. They have vowed to vote against health care reform (especially to hand Obama a political defeat). There is NO reason for the Dems to compromise with Republicans acting in bad faith, if there are no Republicans votes to show for it.
Let it be a Dem-only bill and the the voters can decide who was on their side.

Jeff-
It’s no surprise that the Toomey supports want Sestak. First of all, despite the HUGE Dem registration advantage and Toomey being wrong on the issue, Sestak is so unpolished that Toomey would beat him head-to-head. Secondly, Sestak is more conservative than Specter, so I can see why a Toomey supporter would prefer him over Specter.
Sestak doesn’t believe in anything more than his own advancement.

David,

You are full of contradictions!
” The majority of country wants reform and some kind of public option for basic insurance at an affordable rate”…….This will fail not because of republicans but because of democrats!…” Toomey being wrong on the issue, Sestak is so unpolished that Toomey would beat him head-to-head.”….. How does
a politician wrong on the issues beat another politican for merely being a little unpolished?

Karen-
No contraction at all.

If the GOP was not stubbornly trying to hand Obama a political defeat, more Republicans would be on board. There are Republicans that WOULD vote for these packages if they weren’t under threat from their leadership to be in lockstep. We need ALL the Democratic votes to stop a filibuster by the Republican minority.
This could go 53-47 without the filibuster threat, or go 70-30 if the Republicans weren’t under pressure to promote failure.

“How does
a politician wrong on the issues beat another politician for merely being a little unpolished?”

Bush vs Gore (Gore was a total stiff and inarticulate)
Bush vs Kerry (Bush was totally wrong on policy, but Kerry was ineffective public speaker)

Had Gore or Kerry had Obama’s or Hillary’s speaking skills, they would have won.

One of my friends at work saw the Setak vs Toomey health care event. Her reaction to Sestak was “He’s creepy.” She had immediate distrust/dislike for him that had nothing to do with the issues discussed. It was completely based on his mannerisms and style.

Sestak’s becoming a bit of a media joke for his gimmicks and announcements. The Hill ragged on him for making 4 separate tweets about Ned Lamont.
Turns out he make 7 posts yesterday, and today added a link to a video of the event.

Looking at the photos, there appear to be about 3 dozen people including staff and press. Actual “interested voters” aren’t more than 2 dozen (and it’s hard to tell how many of them are shills Sestak brought along).

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