Joe will do well in the fall, will be a close race
with Toomey

To Congressman Issa:

Please keep requesting an investigation into Joe Sestak turning down a job (whatever it was) offered by 2 Presidents. You only provide free publicity for Joe and further burnish his anti-establishment credentials in a year in which voters crave that. Sestak’s lead just keeps growing. Can the average Pa. voter even name Sestak’s opponent?

A year ago when we started this campaign people would ask us “Who’s Joe Sestak”. today he’s known everywhere in the US. what a difference a year makes. No such thing as bad publicity.

Rick-
Being attacked by the GOP is certainly a badge-of-honor for Democrats. But, “Sestak’s lead just keeps growing” is a bit of an overstatement since this poll is nearly two weeks old and on the heels of the media attention over the primary.

Polls this far out don’t mean much, and Democratic outcomes are going to depend heavily on Obama’s approval. The primary was a referendum on Specter. The general will be a referendum on Obama and the economy.

Congressman Issa should absolutely keep requesting an investigation. This thing stinks on ice.

Mr. Toomey has to stay on Sestak regarding the job offer. We let lots of stuff slide with McCain vs Obama because we were too nice. It does not work. Lots of issues for the new Senator campaign but honesty should be at the top. We must be relentless getting on Sestak. Here was an Admiral who served our country and quickly became a lying politician! Do not let up on him.
Thank you
Ron Spagna

LOL Repubs too nice in McCain vs Obama, they called him a terrorist, I hope the GOP wastes months on this useless fishing expedition. Oh my God the President offered a politician from his party a job, call out the FBI, the CIA and interpol. Maybe we should look a little closer at the job Judd Gregg took then had second thoughts about,undoubtedly a crime of the highest order,then we can investigate those War Criminal Republicans that headed up the last administration.

LOL Repubs too nice in McCain vs Obama, they called him a terrorist among other things, what else do you think they could have thrown at him? I hope the GOP wastes months on this useless fishing expedition. Oh my God the President offered a politician from his party a job, call out the FBI, the CIA and interpol. Maybe we should look a little closer at the job Judd Gregg took then had second thoughts about,undoubtedly a crime of the highest order,then we can investigate those War Criminal Republicans that headed up the last administration.

Bill-
I’m agree that this isn’t a national crisis. It is more a crisis of conscience (if Sestak actually had one). I think it’s pretty obvious that both sides (Sestak/White House) are lying about the extent of what occurred. The GOP is lying about it being criminal/impeachable.
This is a pitfall of running on a platform to change politics as usual, then engaging in politics as usual.
Sestak should just admit he’s (at least) as dishonest as everybody else, and then run on the issues.

Dave Sestak’s not the one constantly bringing this up. No need for him to admit lying about it,since he hasn’t. Go read the transcript of the Larry Kane interview, go by Joe’s actual words not those that have been put into his mouth. For gods sake get a life.

This poll showed a significant swing in the independent vote. Toomey, despite having clear sailing to the nomination, has not defined himself. He began the campaign by playing to the center, but that’s not his strength or style. He’s in a tough spot, not currently in politics but not an outsider either. He’s essentially remembered by the electorate as a Santorum prodigy and has done little to change that image. There’s still a lot of undecided voters but Toomey has to give them a reason to vote for him.

Why would or should anybody but a Democrat put any credence in a Democratic sponsored poll, that shows the Democratic Candidate ahead?

@95

No one is claiming that this poll is the be all and end all; but it has some credibility because it is consistent with the previous (Rasmussen?) poll shwing Sestak ahead by 3 points. It’s way too early to attach any meaning to any poll — except to say that this is going to be a competetive election between Setak and Tooomey.

@Anonymous

Very interesting observation that Toomey’s strength is not playing to the center. He, of course, knows that he loses if he exposes himself as the extremist that he actually is; so he had no choice but to buy a totally new moderate’s wardrobe. But if he’s not comfortable in it, as you indicated, it won’t do him any good.

Should be interesting to see if he can adapt to playing a centrist. A significant part of Sestak’s strategy should be to highlight, and confront Toomey with, the most radical of Toomey’s past positions. Toomey then will be forced to choose between consistency and appealing to his fringe right base or inconsistency and turning his back on the extreme conservatives who he has courted for a decade or more.

David I do agree with you but I still think that none of the two guys deserve my vote as neither is deserving of a highly paid gob in the Senate and both would be very hard to get out of the Senate.

Since I feel that the only way to go is with the Green candidate as I have had it with TEAM politics.

I believe that it is time for a third party candidate that stands for the things I believe in and that is not either of the two major candidates.

I was asked by another party person just to look at the green candidate positions and I did and that was all I needed to and I knew how I would vote as there is no way I could ever vote for either the little lying admiral or the crazy reactionary.
We need representation but not from a nut ! It is long over due that people wake up
It is clear that the people of PA has been dealt a losing hand, so now it is up to the people to wake up.
The only way they can is to vote GREEN for Senate,now it is up to the people,

Lana why don’t you do the honorable thing and resign you committee post. You clearly do not support the Democratic Party.