Sestak seen as most likely to run against Specter in primary

With the Democratic Party seemingly lining up behind Senator Arlen Specter at the state and national levels, Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) has emerged as the most likely candidate to buck party leaders and run against Specter, party insiders and political analysts say.

While Democrats across the state were issuing statements in support of Specter’s decision to campaign war chest and his relative lack of ties to the state’s Democratic apparatus have made him the odds-on …

April 29, 2009 at 1:47 pm | Comments (22)

A primary preview? Sestak hits Specter

Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) said Tuesday night he still hadn’t made up his mind about a Senate run. But in a series of attack lines about Arlen Specter, he offered a peek at the kind of message he could use against the newly-Democratic Senator in a primary.

In comments on MSNBC’s The Ed Show, he echoed the criticism that Specter was choosing political opportunism over principle. But he also sought to blame Specter for …

April 28, 2009 at 7:11 pm | Comments (1)

If Sestak runs for Senate, Lentz likely to run for PA-7

When Bryan Lentz first returned from serving in the Iraq War a few years ago, he had his sights set on representing Delaware County’s 7th Congressional District. But the Democratic party eventually backed another military man for the seat, former Navy Vice-Admiral Joe Sestak.

So Lentz quickly yielded to the elder Sestak, who won the seat in 2006.

Now, Sestak is thinking of running for Senate. And if he does, Lentz, now a second-term state …

April 22, 2009 at 10:09 am | Comments (26)