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LEFTOVERS: Citizen stripping, Tommy Chong in the 4th, DFA for Sestak

The policy subject of the day Thursday was undoubtedly proposed legislation to revoke U.S. citizenship from those with terrorist ties, and a couple Pennsylvania pols were in the mix. Congressmen Jason Altmire (D-4) and Charlie Dent (R-15) joined Senator Joe Liberman (I-Conn.) and others in putting forward the measure, which they had apparently been working on for weeks but felt renewed momentum to push after the failed Times Square car-bombing this week. There was some immediate skepticism about the bill, from both congressional leaders and experts.

“If you’re talking about someone who has taken action—it has to be proven action—against the United States, it would expedite the ability to put them in a military tribunal,” Altmire told The Post-Gazette. Dent, for his part, said during a news conference that “being an American citizen is more than a right, it is a responsibility. When individuals … take actions that are proven threats against this country, they violate that responsibility.”

And Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak got some more support from the liberal grassroots Thursday with the endorsement of Democracy for America. DFA members in Pennsylvania had voted to back Sestak by a three-to-one margin in the group’s “Primaries Matter” online poll. “We’re supporting Joe Sestak because he is a progressive Democrat,” DFA chairman Jim Dean said in a statement. “Arlen Specter, on the other hand, switched parties a few months ago in an attempt to keep his seat. That’s why we launched ‘Primaries Matter,’ because it’s not just about electing anyone with the word Democrat next to his name, it’s about electing better Democrats.”
UPDATE: A Democratic source e-mailed pa2010.com to clarify that the fundraiser well held by the local party, not the Altmire campaign.
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May 6, 2010 at 10:45 pm

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  1. Lee Levan

    May 8th, 2010

    Buchanan’s chances are going “Up in smoke”. Can you hear them go “bong!”?

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