Sestak, Specter Make Closing Arguments On CNN

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Rep. Joe Sestak and Sen. Arlen Specter appeared on CNN's State Of The Union this morning, just two days before voters head to the polls in the hotly contested Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary. In back-to-back interviews, the pair repeated the jabs and barbs they've been trading for weeks. But there was some evidence of what each man sees as his vulnerabilities heading into Tuesday -- Sestak continued to be defensive about his military records, while Specter was eager to talk up his Democratic party bona fides.

"On the big issues, I voted more with the Democrats than with the Republicans," Specter told CNN's Candy Crowley when she asked him answer accusations that his party switch was a cynical act of political expediency. Specter, stinging from Sestak's attacks over his vote against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when she was nominated as the Obama Administration's Solicitor General, tried to highlight the times he stood with the left on the Supreme Court nomination process.


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Sestak, meanwhile, said that he was the one with the stronger chances against Toomey.

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Crowley asked him if one of the reasons he was getting strong support was due to the fact that he was not the candidate supported by the Democratic establishment. She asked if maybe some supporters on the left were turning to him to send a message to the White House.

"This is absolutely not about President Obama," Sestak said. He said the race came down to Democrats supporting a Democrat, plain and simple.