Dan-
The key graph regarding Specter’s “decline” in popularity is the one that shows Obama with a parallel decline.
57% of the people surveyed in that poll think that the recession won’t end for several years.
4 1/2 times as many people thought they were worse off than better off than they were a year ago.

Specter’s went “all in” with his Stimulus vote. His and Obama’s future ride on it’s success (though Obama has two more years for it to show results).

In the matchup against Toomey: there is a 10-point gap relative to Specter and Sestak.
Specter leads narrowly (+2) while Sestak trails significantly (-8 28% to 20%).

While the undecideds give “fuel” to Sestak, it’s low-octane at best. Toomey puts the the same undecideds in his own column. There is little basis for Sestak to lay claim to them, as they will likely “break” the same way as those that have decided.

There has been a gap-closing within the F&M poll. These last three polls were Specter +20 , Specter +26 and now Specter +12.

Specter needs to spend a little cash soon to highlight Joe’s record.

But, most of all, Specter needs to hang-tough with his strong support for Democratic initiatives. Specter’s recent ACTIONS will be his resume as a Dem in the primary. And the economic recovery from the Stimulus Plan will improve Specter’s overall numbers.

Arlen is toast. It is a tale from Shakespeare. The aged King Lear wandering in madness through the forest while the storm rages and his kingdom is torn asunder by those who he thought loved him best. It is an old story that will end in the primary with Lear’s demise. The new story will be written about Sestak and Toomey in the general election.

The new story wont sell gop hawk. No one likes fake progressives and neo cons.

GOP Hawk-
I’m sure your blurry crystal ball sees the story as Toomey beats Sestak (just like the GOP predicted we’d be greeted as liberators).

Here’s the headline: Specter beats Toomey, AGAIN!

Senator Specter voted to deregulate Wall Street. The deregulation of Wall Street has impoverished this nation and enriched a miniscule few. The top one percent have as much as the next 95 percent. The top .01% take 8% of the nation’s income every year. That is the greatest inequality since the pre-Trust busting era and Teddy Roosevelt. The Robber Barons on Wall Street paid Specter off and they are still paying him off. It is time for us to stand up for working people and to vote him off the island.

obamarox…

Follow the example of President Obama in endorsing Sen. Specter. Lets All come together and win this thing in 2010!

b/t…you must know then all about Rep. Sestak and the financial industry. Particularly with his stance voting YES on HR 1664… and Rep. Sestak making sure all of his rich banker friends get their bonuses at the tax payers expense no doubt.

The potency of David’s shilling for Specter is also on a parallel decline with Specter’s numbers. Personally, I don’t understand how anyone could say with a straight face that a candidate with universal name-recognition and a 23% reelect number has any shot whatsoever at winning reelection. I wonder how low Specter will have to go before Diano admits he would lose the general election. 10%? 5%? Sestak’s numbers have room to grow – Specter’s don’t. Sestak is Dems’ best shot at winning the general.

Winning the race is only important if we pick the guy who will break the back of the oligarchs. The corporatist dems like Rendell, Onorato, Lieberman and, our newly minted D, Arlen are a major problem. The GOP wrecked the country and the corporatists in our party went along. This country is in deep, deep trouble because of the feckless behavior of the banksters on Wall Street. They must be brought to heel and their enablers have to be thrown out.

Jon—

Joe Sestak cannot win a general election. Having a no name is what it is… for all of sestaks false boast, hes losing to Toomey nearly by double digits.

That doesnt say much for him…. Joe isnt that knight in shining armor… hes a dud.

Jon-
I’m not “shilling” Specter.
Specter is the BEST chance to beat Toomey and Sestak is still unfit to serve in public office.

1) The numbers show CONSISTENTLY that Specter does better against Toomey than Sestak.
2) In the two head-to-head matchups I’ve seen of Sestak vs Toomey, Toomey beat Sestak. Toomey lied his @ss off and Sestak just kept babbling away unresponsively with his own talking points.
3) Toomey’s spending his advertising dollars on Toomey vs Specter ads.

Specter has PLENTY of room to go up, but that’s only in a trajectory that matches Obama’s approval. When Obama’s numbers go back up, so will Specter’s and Dems in general.

If Obama and the Democrats are DOWN in the polls, Sestak isn’t going to be able to beat Toomey. This is especially true because Sestak is (falsely) portraying himself as a Left-wing liberal. That strategy cedes the middle to Toomey.

If Specter can’t beat Toomey, then Sestak would fare even worse. Specter’s the “guy”. Among the three, he’s the most tolerable.

Sestak is not only the worst shot at the Dems winning the General, but his abandonment of the 7th district has not only put that seat in jeopardy, but risked seats in the State Legislature.

obamarox-
Sestak can’t be trusted to hold the line against corporate interests. If he won, he’d be kissing up to them for donations the next day.

THINK ABOUT THIS: If Specter wins, he never needs to raise another dime from lobbyists or PAC’s.

Mr. Diano raises a lot of excellent points concerning Sen. Specter’s institutional strength – he has a sizable war chest and the people in place to run a strong campaign. I don’t know that I’d agree with your harsh criticism of Rep. Sestak, though. It seems a bit too fanatical.

The above statement “the numbers show CONSISTENTLY that Specter does better against Toomey than Sestak” is not a true statement.

The data shows Sestak is beating Toomey, while Specter is losing.

Sestak is actually on an upward trend increasing his current average lead over Toomey, while Specter continues a downward trend falling further behind Toomey in head-to-head match-ups.

Pollster.com, tracks all the polls., and shows Sestak is BEATING Toomey, 34%.3% to 31.5%, and Sestak’s trend line is on an upward track to increase his lead over Toomey:

http://www.pollster.com/polls/pa/10-pa-sen-ge-tvse.php

Specter is LOSING to Toomey, 42.1% to 39.6%, and is on a downward trend falling further behind Toomey

http://www.pollster.com/polls/pa/10-pa-sen-ge-tvse.php

Greg-
Perfectly understandable for you to question my harsh criticism of Sestak.
Read this recent article:
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/Slow-Down-Sestak-65943432.html

It’s really hard to believe what a completely dishonest, selfish, disloyal, ungrateful jerk Sestak is, until you’ve seen it up close or had friends and candidates that have been screwed over by him. If you don’t believe me, volunteer to work for his campaign.

Sestak raised $3 million dollars for the 7th district race that he never spent, only to put it into his Senate campaign. The 7th district is near impossible for the Democrats to compete with the GOP in fundraising. This is a $3 million setback that is functionally equivalent to embezzlement or fraud in the business world.

However, I can assure you that there are even worse things about him that I’ve left out (to protect the identity of friends of mine).

In the 7th district, we are working hard for the 2009 elections, and Sestak is nowhere to be seen helping out. More and more local Dems are figuring out that Sestak is not one of us.

David,

I would be careful just how much you willing to put Sestak under the bus. You do have a quite a following! Your reputation could come into line.
It appears that neither Specter or Sestak on principal really deserve to represent any one in Pa. You should seriously start to a least open your mind long enough to take in another view, perhaps the outcome won’t be so crushing

I love politics, but it has to be more than just tactics and strategy!

Karen-
Sestak threw the rest of us under the bus a long time ago. He threw the troops under the bus with his vote to give Bush a blank check, without Timetables. He threw the constitution under the bus when he chose to reward Cheney’s office with funding, after Cheney declared himself a fourth branch of government, outside of the rules.

1) I believe Specter as a better shot at defeating Toomey than Sestak.

2) If Sestak dropped out and endorsed Specter, the party unity would bump Specter out of Toomey’s reach (and save millions of dollars for that real fight).

3) I am HAPPY to put distance between myself and Sestak and his merry band of drones. I’ll stack up my reputation as a local party Democrat against Sestak’s any day.

4) We bit our tongues when we voted for Casey, but despite some conservative leanings, he’s turned out to be a decent Senator and reliable Dem. Specter made a vote of courage and pulling in two Republicans to pass the Stimulus plan, under extreme pressure from his former party. That “opened my mind” to the possibility of Specter. Sestak’s repeatedly proven (and continues to prove) he doesn’t deserve to hold public office.

It IS more than “tactics and strategy”. There is a general principle of cooperation and being a team player, that is essential to enacting a progressive political philosophy. The election of Sestak or Toomey runs counter to those goals.
The election of Specter would help expand the Democratic base, and be an inspiration to moderate Republicans to defy the GOP-base and instead work with Dems in a bipartisan way.
The Snowe’s and Collin’s are afraid to work with the Dems. We need more of the moderate Republicans to stand up.
Specter is a link back to the time when there was more bipartisan ship.

Sure, I wish we had better candidates than Sestak and Specter. But, it’s also a sad day for the Republican party and the state of Pennsylvania that someone as extreme as Pat Toomey will be the standard bearer for his party.

WestPADem6:

With regards to Specter’s judgment and liberal street cred, it seems to me that a Democrat would not want to vote for a man who voted for Bush twice and then McCain. Just because he switched the letter after his name doesn’t make him a true Democrat. I also find it extremely hard to believe that Obama supports Specter on a policy basis; it was an obvious political ploy to get him to the D side and voting with us on procedural issues. He has to stand by that decision, but true Democrats not similarly situated don’t.

I’m well aware that Sestak isn’t the most progressive candidate in the world, but to suggest that Specter is more progressive, or a better Democrat, is disingenuous at best and a flat-out lie at worst.

One Leiberman in the Senate is enough. Arlen is the same personality and that is what we will get from 2011 on.

Josh and Obamarox-
I’m more concerned that Joe Sestak will become a Joe Lieberman.

Sestak’s history shows him tilting conservative on key issues (he even voted against an amendment in his committee for States to have their own single-payer systems). Sestak has an unquenchable thirst for campaign dollars.

Why do you think Sestak is the ONLY politician, besides Toomey, that Richard Mellon Scaife has donated to this year? (and with a max-out contribution)
In 2004, the Club for Growth endorsed Pat Toomey over Specter. Scaife gave them $75,000 in Dec 2003 and another $50,000 in Apr 2004. The group spent over $1 million for Toomey ads.
When Toomey lost, he became the President of that organization until this year.

Scaife also gave $2,100 to Joe Liberman in 2006.

Go to:
http://fec.gov/finance/disclosure/norindsea.shtml
use Scaife for the last name
and his first initial, R, in the first name field.

Look at Scaife’s unwavering support for Right-wing republicans and ask yourself why he have Joe Sestak $4,800.

There is some weird entry on Toomey’s filing about Scaife giving $2,400 that was refunded, but the “election cycle to date” shows the full $4,800. It may be that Scaife accidentally tried giving an extra $2,400.

Specter’s history shows him trying to be more progressive and being blocked or slapped down by the GOP. Without another election to worry about, I think Specter will be inclined to focus on ground-breaking legislation, establish his legacy, and try to undo the sins of his past.

Josh—

Adding to Dianos response above…

Sestak having the audacity to send out a snail mail solicitation and take the thunder away from the 2009 election and judicial candidates in the last week says alot about the man and his selfishness.

It also says a lot why the democratic party establishment is not entitled to, nor ever will patronize the man. This time is about helping the judicial candidates across the state as Specter, Wagner, and Onorato have been doing.

Sestak went to their dinners and didnt even say a word about them…. hows that for your “real Democrat” Josh?

Mr. Diano, Arlen is 80 years old. He has been in the Senate for almost thirty years. He already has a legacy. It is time for him to go and let the voters enjoy his retirement. Did I say that he was eighty?

David and WestPADem6,

Believe me when I say that I also have large problems with Sestak’s record and demeanor. I fully acknowledge both of your points as valid. However, when it comes to a comparison between Sestak and Specter, on both their votes and their rhetoric, Sestak is to Specter’s left. This has become a cliched point, but is still true: Specter’s party switch was driven ENTIRELY by political considerations, not by any change of heart with regards to policy. It may be the case that we voters can bully Specter around to do what we want every once in a while, but the fact remains that Specter’s personal policy preferences tilt right. And that is why I don’t think he deserves the nomination for the Democratic Party.

He may be 79… gop hawk, but he’ll throw Pat Toomey around in November, thats for sure.

Josh-

Sen. Specter correctly said, the democrats are the big tent party now. That is true… when you lose that… you lose your ability to party build. At this critical juncture of 2010, when rep. sestak seeks to divide the party for his personal political gain,not choosing to help the party candidates.. he has made the miscalculation that “we shall not fall on our sword for the party leadership.” He wont even help a county judicial candidate???? That is pathetic.

Knowing Rep. Sestaks robotic personality, how his quenching thirst for corporate cash, and his interpretation of being a Democrat, he is not worth us “falling on our sword” over, to lose a US Senate seat and a chance at the first back to back victory at the Guvs machine. Nor are we compelled too, Senator Specter’s pro labor record getting union endorsements and being pro choice speaks for itself as u full well know, but need to dispute because u have to.

Knowing full well this, now ask yourself why Mellon Scaife would give, as Diano rightfully said $4800 to Sestak. He (Mellon Scaife) hates specter probably even more than the county partys out west.

WESTPADEM6
I like conservatives….I have a job.

Grace-

Congrats, you get a medal. You are soo much better than everyone else. LOL.

I have a job… i like moderates.. I bet you are hangin out with your teabagger friends tonight… too cheap to even buy candy to pass out to the kids for tick or treat. Toomey/GOP rally for the teabaggers in pgh on Sunday.

I would like to reiterate the fact that there are thousands of Specter Republicans who switched their party registrations last year – both to vote for either Sen. Obama or Clinton, and to accurately reflect the realignment that has taken place in PA and in the nation as a whole. You don’t have to be a math major to figure out that this is why Mr. Specter switched.

Personally, I identify much more as a Casey Democrat – not because of my views on abortion, but because of my roots in one of the “forgotten areas of PA” that he and his father long championed, and because of his populist, principled stands on workers rights, health.care, and other issues. In my mind, neither Specter nor Sestak can match Casey in overall Democratic street cred.

Na Na Na Na.
Na Na Na Na.
Hey Hey Hey.
Good Bye.
And Good Riddance!

He’s gone – Tommey wins state, because we need a more moderate stance in pa. -Especially when it comes to Industry and SMALL BUSINESS! For Pa. to be competitive and survive this is what the voters will demand. He has not been kind to steel, small business, nor future development of the commonwealth.
If you are looking for values, small business or a voice in DC from the 13th support look at http://www.Damian2010.com for Congress. If you BELIEVE then help Damian with a small $250$50 Campaign Contribution for his congressional race against Allyson Schwartz the CARPETBAGGER! She shopuld go home now as she is ANTI-SMALLBUSINESS and does not respond to any of our needs.

Using Pat Toomey and the word moderate in the same sentence… as u do makes u lose all credibility on here.

Westpadems,
I was not saying, that Toomey himself is a moderate (In my opinion he would be a moderate conservative). What I was saying, is that Pa. is a moderate state as a whole and that Specter is a proven liberal. And that with Casey and Toomey they would give us a balance that would equate to a more moderate balance from Pennsylvania. And I believe that Pennsylvanians would be better served with a more moderate stance at this time. Furthermore, I believe that Pennsylvanians are tired of the liberal stance from Speacter and others. They are tired of not having there beliefs, stances or voices truly represented.
I have to say that you will be the one who will lose credibility if you are unable to have a conversation or dialogue without being malicious with your words. Grow up and interact in an intelligent manner and people will respect you more. (ie. the candy comment is a prime example) So I highly doubt that I will be the one who has lost credibility.
I suppose you are for cap and tax – like Specter. Guess what that will be the demise of industry in our great state. And I am a business owner and he has only produced or supported legislation in recent years that has primarily hindered small business and manufacturers in this state. So, we will not be sorry to see him Gone! (Schwartz and others of the same cloth also, fit into this category of GONE!)

RB…. well then as a small business owner, you know that Sen. Specter is trying to get a public option passed. Let me ask you something, do you as a small business owner attempt do the right thing and provide health insurance for your employees? How many employees do you have? Or is it something that has become increasingly difficult to do… that said, to side with Pat Toomey and the Insurance companies that hinder you as a small business owner is an interesting choice. Im assuming you are from the “T”? No…
We had a looney tune right winger in Santorum… remember what happened to him in 2006? He wasnt so “representative of Pennsylvania” now was he??? Specter has been a moderate his entire time. Pat Toomey and his Union bashing… i dont think thats very smart of him in PA, do you?

b/t… I checked your link above. Not too knowledgeable w A. Schwartz and that district, but do u think u can Damaian can beat her? Damain should take the pic down on the front page… his hair looks kinda greasy. Dentists… hmmm, they have a vested pocketbook interest in seeing insurance plans remain as they are. They could give a rats behind about the people, just so they are getting theirs. I hope Schwartz mops the floor w this guy (which im surer she will).

RB,
Specter is not a “proven liberal.” Specter is a proven unprincipled opportunist whose votes are dictated solely by what he believes to be his own political self-interest and not by any overarching principles related to the public interest. His support for Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Samuel Alito tells you all you need to know there. His opposition to Robert Bork was not because Specter was a liberal, but because he thought that’s what was best for his re-election. When he was proven wrong about that, through drops in the polls and his fundraising, he then faked right and became Clarence Thomas’ biggest defender, even though that resulted in his verbally defecating all over Anita Hill and all other women who have suffered sexually hostile work environments. Then, when that appeared to hurt him, he faked left by again pushing liberal causes.

Specter is a disease that we need to cure. Personally, I will support Joe Sestak in the primary, but if Specter somehow manages to win — and I doubt that he will because the only people who are enthused him are the “insiders” who have consumed too much Koolaid — then I will support Pat Toomey, because someone who believes in something is better than a hack like Specter. That is the change that we need and that independents like me thought we were getting with the Obama administration, that thus far has proven to be a great disappointment with its embracing of political hackdom and business as usual in Washington.

“We won’t get fooled again.”

I as a business owner do not support the public option or any of what is being discussed at this time from congress or senate. Our family has several businesses and we do provide insurance for some of our workers. I support reform, torte, being able to purchase across state lines etc. So, that we may get costs and benfits under control and in the handsof the people. But, a Gov’t run plan Ido not support. This is because in the long run what they are proposing has to much admin, red tape, control and cost associted with it. It is ultimately unsustainable. We should offer real reform if we want to assist the people with this issue. But, the current admin will not because their agenda is to take the freedoms away from us and have everything run by the gov’t. And they are all tied to big money.
I am very fmiliar with Schwartz and the district is sick of her. They are ready for change and she is very connected to big money, so she will not vote for the district. And is a Pelori lap dog – roll over – sit.
She has a disgraceful voting record when it comes for what is best for our district. And I am not Damian – I am just a concerned small business owner in the 13th.
Specter Moderate – HUH _ LOL!
The Union members are not enamored with the way things are going either, They are experienceing 10-20% unemployment depending what union you look at – they are angry.
I would expect you to support the unamerican Schwartz. It sounds as though you may be cut from the same cloth. I thank you for checking out Damian at least you took a look at him.
By the way Dentists and Dr.’s are also, struggling like everyone else. They have more red tape, paperwork, fighting for less reimbursements, lower salaries, overhead costs skyrocketing and the list goes on. If you are not in that biz you have know idea. It is bad – worse hear in Pa. than other parts of the country. The youngest Doctor at Jeannes hospital is 39 years old – we are not able to keep doc’s in this state because of the mess and in the near future we will have a physician shorrtage crisis in Pa.
What is your precious specter or schwartz going to do about that – we will have healthcare but no doctors? hmmmm!
At least Damian and others want to reform this problem and make it so that they will be able to stay in state. An answer to a real problem that will take place in the next several years.

Just another thought- We used to have 36 working people in our manufacturing biz and now e have 5. So, I am not a person who is just critical of Dem’s, but rather all of those who have continually directed bad decisions and voted us into this dilema. And that would include the politicians of the last 20 years as they thought that it would be a good idea to ship all of our work overseas.
We need a new kind of representation in dc, and this is why I support small biz candidates that understand what we need to do to get out this mess. We can not sustain a service only oriented society forever, so it is imperative to radically shift the direction now.
Specter has been in dc for 30 years and is part of the problem and sestak would do the same, Toomey will not. Nor, will Damian. Hopefully you can see that I am not a straight party type of person. But, rather a save AMERICA type of person.

The 2010 elections will be about jobs and the economy.

I wished u were out in force when GDub was trying to flush the country down the toilet. Then as a small business owner, you know u cant afford to give your employees a raise, or hire new ones because of the BACK COSTS AND RISING HEALTH INSURANCE RATES.

Supporting sestak… then to Toomey, that doesnt sound like a real democrat to me Rob. Then again No Show has some of his drones on the koolaid. Preying on college kids and not paying them… just like Joe swoopin in to take advantage of young kids without paying them for their hard work. Of course, sestak we all know is selfish… he couldnt even support or encourage local and statewide judicial candidates. And to think these people will turn around for him??? Highly unlikely.

RB– I dont want to interject myself into action out east. I can only tell u what will happen out west. Although Damian does look like Edddie Munster. Does he have a chance to beat Schwartz?

WESTPADEM6,

I am not “a true democrat.” I am an independent, and damn proud of it. Political parties with their unthinking partisanship are holding this nation back. I vote for the best person. As among Sestak, Toomey, Specter, they finish in that order.

Rob-
If you don’t realize that Toomey is an extreme right-winger then you are pretty clueless. According the Nate Silver, at FiveThirtyEight.com, if Toomey were a member of the current congress, he would be the 5th most conservative. It doesn’t get much more extreme than that.
In terms of PARTY, Specter’s been a better Democrat than Sestak.
We’ve got some tough races in Delaware County this year, especially in Chester. Specter actually gave money to help out. Sestak nothing (as usual).
Saturday, Sestak’s endorsement letter was published in the main county newspaper. He spend the first few paragraphs touting his own record, before endorsing our Common Pleas Court candidate. SESTAK DIDN’T EVEN MENTION ANY OTHER DELCO CANDIDATES. NONE!

Specter’s been out there promoting Jack Panella and the statewide judges and helping local county Dems.

Sestak’s asking for the party nomination. Specter is out there earning it.

Yes, people are tired of the lack of availability, lack or respect (self-serving), and pompous arrogance of their rep. schwartz. So, with all of that said, it should be a swing of 1%-2% either way according to early data. The Damian ground game will match all that Schwartz will put out there because of all of the interest – grassroots efforts. It will be interesting and close, keep your eyes peeled – it will be an eye opener, like so many other races in the nation. There is a ground swell forming throughout America and people will be looking at candidates not just party. Independents will play a huge roll. And both parties will need to wake up and respond. The current and past directions (the same, just at different paces) will no longer be tolerated.
I am willing to be wrong, but this is what I am seeing, as people who never did anything before politically are mad and they are getting involved at some level. With this passion by Americans real reform and change is on the horizon. They are not just going to allow someone to (HIJACK) take their freedoms and money away any longer.

David,
You care alot more about “party” than Specter does. Just four years ago, he was campaigning for Joan Orie Melvin against Max Baer for the Supreme Court. And, he tried to get Melvin nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He did the same for Mary Beth Buchanan. That’s because he was a Republican then. He’s a Democrat now. But to him, it’s doesn’t mean anything except as a means for him to keep his personal power. I could care less about “party.” I care about the person. I disagree with Toomey on many issues. But he is sincere. Specter is a fraud. It is time for him to go. He’s been there too long. But, I’d rather have Sestak. And you know what, I agree that his election would be bad for the party bosses who are trying to cram an unprincipled hack like Specter down everyone’s throats. And I welcome anything that pokes a finger in the eyes of bosses in both parties. That’s change we can believe in.

PS–If you don’t want Toomey as a Senator, then people better start coalescing behing Sestak. Because Specter is sinking like a stone and will continue to do so. People are justifiably sick of him and what he represents–himself.

Rob-
As bad as you paint Specter, Sestak is 10 times worse.
Sestak REFUSES to help most local Dems in his district. He’ll help a few that kiss his @ss or he’ll get behind a a particularly strong candidate. However, he won’t spend effort (or money) on the rest of the candidates. In 2007, he even turned down a $200 donation request to help with a mailing in a local race (and the Dem wound up losing by 18 votes).

Sestak’s efforts will only divide the party. Sestak’s so interested in his own advancement, he’s going to thumb his nose and try to embarrass the Democratic party leaders (including Obama). If he beats Specter, he will have made no friends and not be able to get the support he would need to beat Toomey. Furthermore, he will more than just make the Democratic party look weak, but actually weakening it by draining money that should be used to fight Toomey.

I would be more concerned if our leadership had gone with a fraud like Sestak. Fortunately, a lot of them know enough about him to know better.

Sorry, David. Your reasons are far from convincing. You do not have a credible case for another six years of Arlen Specter. And, you have not provided any reason not to support Sestak, except party politics as usual.

Rob your case… to have a selfish person unknown around the state with no clout elected to senate is downright foolish.

Rob-
Go work for Sestak campaign for a month. Then you’ll see why it’s too dangerous to let him in for a 6-year term (and potentially 12 years).

Sure, I wish we had a better candidate than Specter, but we don’t. Sestak is far worse AND he can’t beat Toomey.

Westpadem, You think Specter is not selfish? The man is a complete narcissist. He is running precisely because he is completely selfish. This is all about him, and he admitted as much.

David, I won’t work 6 months for any political campaign, because I have a life and a real job!

Please , lets get rid of the Crypt Keeper.

I really am not worried about Toomey. He will lose when people see what a nut he is.

I would prefer Sestek, but Specter has done a decent job since switching parties.