The Showdown Begins! Specter And Sestak Set To Hold First Joint Candidate Forum — At Netroots Nation

[babylonsister]

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The Showdown Begins! Specter And Sestak Set To Hold First Joint Candidate Forum — At Netroots Nation


Senator Arlen Specter and primary challenger Joe Sestak have both agreed to hold a joint candidate forum next month, I’ve learned, their first joint appearance since Sestak committed to the Senate race and a sign that this hotly anticipated Senate campaign is rapidly becoming a reality.

Making the joint appearance more interesting, it’s set to take place on August 14th at Netroots Nation, an unlikely forum for Specter given his decades as a Republican, meaning the event will pique intense blogospheric interest.

A Netroots Nation organizer forwards me an email announcing the event that’s set to go out later today. “Rep. Sestak and Sen. Specter will each participate in an interactive session moderated by Pennsylvania blogger Susie Madrak and The Nation’s Ari Melber,” the email says, adding that “each participant will be asked questions solicited online in advance, as well as from the audience.”

Specter’s campaign manager, Christopher Nicholas, confirmed to me that his boss is set to attend. “The Senator is looking forward to it,” Nicholas said.

Specter’s willingness to brave the precincts of Netroots Nation with netroots hero Sestak underscores how seriously Specter takes Specter’s underdog challenge. Given that Specter has the backing of the White House and the Democratic establishment, his scheduled appearance is also a sign that even the most established incumbent can no longer risk taking netroots-backed challengers for granted.<[/b>

[Buzz Clik]

1. Oh, crap. The 2010 election campaign is starting already?

:argh: :banghead: :puke:

[babylonsister]

3. It's only a year and a few out.

I know, didn't we just get done with this? :wtf:

[T Wolf]

2. Spectre's acceptance of this also further legitimizes Sestak as a rival. Magic-Bullet Boy cannot

dismiss him out-of-hand and simply slime his way to the general election.

There are many real Democrats in PA who will not vote for the repuke POS, no matter what he calls himself or who backs him or who runs against him.

[asjr]

5. Specter has done what he can in order

to keep his job. I feel he was doomed the day he became a "Democrat." I will never forget the mean way he treated Anita Hill during the Thomas affair. He should have stayed with the party of mean.

[Yupster]

4. Prediction

Specter eventually withdraws from the campaign and retires to spend more time with his family.

[Captain Hilts]

6. No, he'll withdraw from the race because he's old. nt