Sestak questions Specter's 'reliability'

[jefferson_dem]

Sestak questions Specter's 'reliability'
Posted: 04:58 PM ET

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak is stepping up his drumbeat of criticism directed at fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who recently defected from the Republican Party in order to seek re-election as a Democrat in 2010.

During a Tuesday interview, Sestak rhetorically asked CNN's Rick Sanchez what Specter's positions were on issues including health care and education. "But, more than that . . . it's reliability," he told Sanchez.

"Will he be with us in 2016? This appears to me to be, unfortunately, more of the political Democratic establishment that made a understandably - but I think short-sighted — decision for expediency here in Washington. What's in it for Pennsylvanians is the question in the long term."

Sestak also said Tuesday that Specter's likely vote with Senate Republicans against the Employee Free Choice Act won't be the sole decisive factor in whether he challenges the incumbent in the Democratic primary.

Sestak, who told CNN Sunday that he wasn't sure whether Specter was a really Democrat yet, also said Tuesday that it was his new colleague's "responsibility to act how he thinks is right. It's our responsibility as Pennsylvanians to judge his actions."

Specter's recent decision to switch to the Democratic Party was immediately followed by pledges of support from President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/sestak-questions-specters-reliability/

[mvd]

1. Sestak gets my vote as of now. Specter has to earn it

:hi:

[Cha]

2. As all of us

Dems are.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Sounds like a primary challenge.

What follows is :tinfoilhat: :

Sestak is marginally acceptable but becomes a cause celebre against Specter.

:think:


One step forward, two steps back.

[valerief]

4. Specter must know where the bodies are buried. Otherwise, why the eff would

the WH endorse him?
:shrug:

[Occam Bandage]

7. What does that mean?

That Specter has information that would harm Obama if he were to go public?

[martymar64]

8. Not about Obama,but about other, sinister things.

He was a flunky for the Warren Commission. I'm sure he knows about plenty that would harm the nation or his new fellow Democrats. Anything to save his own ass.
He's a fucking snake. I hopes he loses to Sestak, big!

[Hieronymus]

5. Go Sestak ....

[tularetom]

6. I'm going to become a Democrat

I won't support any of the Democratic president's initiatives.

I won't support any Democratic nominees for seats on the Supreme Court.

I won't support Democratic candidates in any races that might still be open.

I won't even say that I'll be a loyal Democrat.

But I want instant seniority in the Democratic party.

I want a committee chairmanship in the Democratic caucus.

I want financial and personal support from the Democratic president and the Democratic senate majority leader.

Somebody needs to grab this little old fart by the folds of his turkey neck and tell him "Look asshole we welcome you into the Democratic party. BUT YOU DON'T GET TO DICTATE THE TERMS. From now on you're one of the shitbirds. If you don't like it go back to where you were and don't let the door hit you in the ass. And if somebody better than you decides to oppose you in the primary we might support them. And anymore of this supporting Norm Coleman bullshit and you are out on your ass. You don't hold any of the friggin cards dipshit."

[hfojvt]

9. I hope he runs

even though he reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tYyeqkz8OA&feature=related