All Posts Tagged With: "Arlen Specter"
Liveblogging the primaries, 5/18
This is a liveblog to track the results from today’s primary results in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oregon, and the special elections in Hawaii and PA-12.
My bets:
Pennsylvania – Sestak, Onorato, Critz, Pike (ugh)
Kentucky – Paul, Conway
Oregon – Kitzhaber, Dudley
Arkansas – Lincoln (with runoff needed, I hope), Boozman (ditto)
Hawaii – Djou (and pundits will miss the [...]
Specter-Sestak Heating Up?
Two new polls show Joe Sestak within single digits of long-time Senator (and newbie Democrat) Arlen Specter.
4May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 1 comment | Continued
An Old Dog Learns A New Trick?
Senator Arlen Specter today called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act in Huffington Post reports The New York Times.
The time has come to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Enacted 13 years ago when the idea of same sex marriage was struggling for acceptance, the Act is a relic of [...]
Is It Over For Arlen?
Rasmussen has a new poll on the Pennsylvania senate race and it’s bad, bad news for Arlen Specter:
The new Rasmussen poll of Pennsylvania finds Sen. Arlen Specter just barely ahead of his Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak.
The numbers: Specter 46%, Sestak 42%, with a ±3% margin of error. In early August, Specter had been [...]
Netroots Nation Day 3
Yesterday was a full day so I didn’t get a chance to post much. Up today is Valerie Jarrett and an economic panel with Jon Corzine, Anna Burger, Kevin Drum and Dean Baker.
Yesterday’s highlights were Howard Dean and the Specter/Sestak forum. Specter did better than I expected. He emphasized areas of agreement: [...]
Twitter War Between Specter And Grassley
I can’t tell you how awesome this is. I’m sure this is a direct result of the forum that Specter spoke at this morning. During the forum he was asked about Grassley’ spreading disinformation on health care (specifically “death panels”) and he promised that he would call Chuck Grassley right after he spoke. [...]
14Aug2009 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Arlen Specter Thinks He Will Win The Democratic Primary
Arlen Specter defends his vote for McCain/Palin. I’d like to hear him defend quitter Palin.
Specter is facing a real Democrat in the primary, Joe Sestak.
5Aug2009 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued
It’s On!
Sestak makes it official:
In an interview with Pennsylvania’s Wayne Independent this morning, second-term Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) officially threw his name in the ring to take on Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) in next year’s Democratic primary.
So despite attempts to clear the field for Specter, Sestak jumps in. Personally, I think Sestak will win. [...]
So What’s Specter Saying Here?
(via TPM)
This is almost 7 minutes of a clear campaign speech with Specter claiming credit for the stimulus package and for bringing all kinds of funds to Pennsylvania for a bunch of projects. Calling the current Republican caucus “obstructionist” was a nice touch. He is heckled throughout over EFCA. At the end, [...]
Bad News for Specter
A new poll by Susquehanna indicates high support among Democratic voter for a primary.
As you may know, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter recently switched from Republican to Democrat. Should Arlen Specter be the Democratic nominee for the 2010 election for US Senate or should he face a challenge from one or more [...]
Specter Becomes A Democrat To Prove He’s A Republican
Bet Arlen Specter wished he lived in Connecticut and could have pulled a Joe Lieberman. Although, given the way he’s started out he might find himself in Lieberman’s boat faster than he realizes. Dean and Carville have fired the warning shot by uttering the word that had Specter running away from the Republican Party in [...]
5May2009 | pandora | 5 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
