Thread: Specter Abandoned by Obama, Imploding In Pa. Senate Race

Arlen Specter Abandoned by Obama, Imploding In Pa. Senate Race

Thursday, 13 May 2010 07:34 PM
By: John Mercurio

In his increasingly uphill bid for reelection, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., can’t seem to catch a break. He’s a five-term incumbent during a time of fierce anti-establishment sentiment. He’s running as a Democrat, for the first time in four decades, in a year when the party is on the defensive.

And less than one week before a tightening Democratic primary, the White House announced that President Obama will not travel to Pennsylvania to campaign for him. If that wasn’t bad enough, Specter also must maneuver carefully around Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, whom he opposed for solicitor general last year. As his primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak, reminds Democrats, Specter’s 2009 vote is one on a long list of party-line votes he cast as a Republican.

New polls show Specter’s once formidable lead in next Tuesday’s primary has vanished. Despite a sizable financial advantage, the 80-year-old senator now is locked in a dead heat with Sestak, 58, a retired three-star Navy admiral who ousted a ten-term Republican in 2006 in the moderate Philadelphia suburbs and then won re-election by 20 points.

Specter started the race last year as a formidable frontrunner. He lined up key support from the White House, organized labor and Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, who predicted that if Sestak ran “he would get killedâ€

Let's get this guy out of there!

Ostrich

I am chomping at the bit to vote against this scumbag. Primary day can't come soon enough for me.

Well he won't be getting the Obama "kiss of death", so he might beat Sestak . Time to go Arlen.

Originally Posted by miguelina

Well he won't be getting the Obama "kiss of death", so he might beat Sestak . Time to go Arlen.

I saw a campaign spot for Spector on Channel 10 this morning, in which Obama was very much a part.

IMHO, Obama's involvement in his campaign is the ultimate "kiss of death". At least it is where I am concerned.

Originally Posted by melena29

Originally Posted by miguelina

Well he won't be getting the Obama "kiss of death", so he might beat Sestak . Time to go Arlen.

I saw a campaign spot for Spector on Channel 10 this morning, in which Obama was very much a part.

IMHO, Obama's involvement in his campaign is the ultimate "kiss of death". At least it is where I am concerned.

I was thinking the the same thing. Everytime Barackula puts his Superman suit on to fly over to help a Dem - they end up with a big ol "L" on thier forehead!