Debates. Another opportunity for the 7th District charlatan to espouse meaningless populist rhetoric. Of course, given that he has accomplished little, if anything, during his tenure, he has no alternative. A campaign entirely comprised of drivel. As an elderly woman once muttered, “where’s the beef?”

I’m not sure if calling for two debates reaches the level of “siding with Sestak”, who wants six debates.

Sestak’s campaign is stuck in the mud, and six debates is like gunning the engine and hoping to pull free, but will more likely sink you in deeper.

A second debate wouldn’t hurt Specter, because he’s the superior debater. But, six-debates would turn of the electorate by boring them to death.

“Stuck in the mud,” indeed. Sestak’s effort is a morass of hypocrisy, mendacity and megalomania. And the Admiral is still to busy posing in mirrors to recognize that his vessel is taking on large quantities of water (and that his crew is abandoning ship).

I agree six debates is excessive–it reminds me of the last time Barletta ran against Kanjorski for Congress up in the 11th and called for 5 live debates in addition to some ungodly number multipled by that for radio debates.

Since PA is a big state and geographically diverse it would be nice for different parts of the commonwealth to get a show though–maybe 3 would be a nice compromise: West, Middle, East.

Molly-
We had 3 Presidential Debates (and that was for the whole country for a general election.

For a single state, and a primary, one or two should be plenty. The number of relevant topics statewide is a little smaller than than for a national election. Extra debates be repetitive, without much new information. The May 1st debate will be covered statewide on local affiliates.

Besides, the verbal beating that Sestak’s going to get from Specter would make Rodney King wince.

Since Sestak has not much to say and really does not know much as he was out to sea for too long.

Six debates would bore the Commonwealth to death. Three debates would be more in line but ONE would do as well. If there were three that would cover the State for those who care to see the candidates and not already made up there minds. Most have and it it is not Sestak ! As far as the Patriot News it is nothing but a Republican rag as everyone knows that has ever read their trashy paper. No wonder they are on Sestak’s side, he fits right in with them.

The Republican rags want to push Sestak so he drain Specter’s resources. Every dollar Specter spends defending against Sestak is a dollar he can’t spend against Toomey.
Every criticism Sestak makes of Specter is a freebie soundbite for Toomey.

As for boring people to death.. have you watched Sestak debate? If he wants more debates, he should equip viewers with defibrillators to jolt them back to life.

I see the swiftboaters are attacking a three star admiral with 30 years of military service. Why are our veteran candidates a target of these crazies?

Veteran Bob-
The criticism of Sestak has nothing to do with his service in the military. It has to do with his behavior since he air-dropped into the 7th District, and the choice of a candidate who can beat Toomey.
Sestak’s military PAST is not a magic shield guarding him against critique.

However…for his military record, the reporting in the news has been that he was removed for a “poor command climate” which is navy-speak for “crappy boss”. Sestak vowed to bring his military-style of management to his campaign and congressional staff.
This result is less shrouded in secrecy than his military behavior/performance. It’s been a complete disaster from an employee/boss perspective. Sestak underpays and overworks his staff, and is reported to be abusive. He has the highest turnover rate of anyone else in Congress (ever). As a result, his staff can’t retain “institutional” knowledge with experience people.

It’s reasonable to assume that while he may be a fount of military knowledge and experience, he’s the kind of boss/commander that’s disliked by those serving under him and a poor example of what the military can produce. Basically, he hung in there for a long time, and got a patron in Vern Clark, and kept failing upwards (until Admiral Mullen took over).