Comments on: More labor endorsements for Specter

By: phillpi

phillpi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:14:28 +0000

Are you people sick and tired of corruption?If so why elect thig guy again?He wants to bring jobs to western Pa and the rest of the state,Please!Specter is a flip flopper cant you tell,he hasnt earned it with the democrats yet.

By: David Diano

David Diano — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:34:53 +0000

Lee-
It’s more than just name recognition. Sestak’s got a thin resume for Senate and he’s a piss-poor campaigner, substituting quantity for quality.
Sestak’s been campaigning, and improving his name recognition, and falling further behind. He’s being rejected by Democratic voters.

Just because voters think Specter doesn’t deserve reelection, doesn’t mean that those voters will think Toomey deserves election. Toomey still has to earn their vote, like Specter has for decades.

By: Lee Levan

Lee Levan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:03:39 +0000

With more than 70% of voters polled not favoring Specter’s re-election, this race is far from over — no matter what the Dem State Committee does this weekend.

It is bizarre that a similar percentage doesn’t know enough about Sestak yet. I wouldn’t bet the farm on either candidate at this point. I will say, however, that Sestak had better begin his media campaign and get much better known fast, or Specter will win based upon name recognition alone.

By: STEELBLITZ1

STEELBLITZ1 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:59:07 +0000

Dan-

United Mine Workers too… thats a big one.

By: David Diano

David Diano — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:00:55 +0000

Hater-
I’d be finding it more enjoyable if he wasn’t damaging the party and our chances to take out Toomey.
I think the realization will dawn on Sestak, but I don’t want that to happen until after March 10th.
Sestak’s strategy has always been that people will be dazzled and see stars in their eyes (specifically 3 stars) once they see and hear him. It is inconceivable to him and his family that people don’t fall down to their knees in worship. The first time I ever met Sestak, he referred to himself as “God”. (Creepy as that sounds, it was even creepier to witness it.)
Sestak is likely convinced of his own holy righteousness and that he will prevail. He’s take new (false) hope from the Scott Brown victory and (like many) misinterpreted the results as an opportunity.

At a recent campaign-school we learned about the mistakes of letting the candidate control some elements of the campaign. The postmortem examination of Sestak’s loss should wind up as a cautionary tale for future candidates.

As for the unions, I’m convinced that Sestak’s original strategy was to split the Democratic Party by peeling off the unions. That’s why the local Steelworkers union was the lynch-pin of his plan (and, ironically, defeat, based upon what you’ve revealed).

By: HateSestak

HateSestak — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:40:24 +0000

If Sestak cannot even command the support of labor unions, why does he remain in this race? At this juncture, he is doing little more than undermining the Democratic Party. Given his dismal poll numbers (and the multiplicity of ongoing investigations and inquiries he faces) one wonders whether the embattled Representative is bent on self-destruction. Why is he subjecting himself to a grueling, unproductive and potentially ruinous campaign? Why is he alienating every prominent figure in the Democratic Party? And why is he incurring the (mounting) risk that he will be publicly humiliated in the weeks to come? Perhaps Representative Sestak is steeped in denial. Or perhaps he never recovered from his shameful and dishonorable ouster from the armed forces, and he subconsciously believes he deserves all the indignity and mental pain that awaits him. Whatever the explanation, his foes are finding the spectacle quite enjoyable…

By: David Diano

David Diano — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:27:06 +0000

More union endorsements to come.
State committee endorsement this weekend should be a blowout.