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The Associated Press has just called the Pennsylvania Senate primary for Joe Sestak, putting an end to Sen. Arlen Specter’s political career. It’s good to see that Specter’s craven political maneuverings have finally caught up with him. Sestak will likely present a more difficult challenge for Republican Pat Toomey in the general election (by significantly weakening the anti-incumbent argument), but it will be refreshing to watch a race that will present a clear ideological contrast. If Toomey wins the race, it will be very hard to portray it as anything other than a rejection of Obama’s agenda in a state that has trended Democrat in recent election cycles.
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Spicy Joker| 5.18.10 @ 10:41PM
What a craven fool that Arlen Sphincter was!
LarryK| 5.19.10 @ 8:53AM
Spicy Joker - wrong tense on verb - IS not WAS.
Snarlin Arlen DLTDHYITAOYWO
Tim*| 5.18.10 @ 10:44PM
NOW !
Show Us The Records !
Show Us The Records !
WHY ???????
" Of significant interest is that Admiral Mullen fired Sestak on the very first day Mullen started in his new post.
According to the Navy Times --- a reputable source --- the reason cited for Sestak’s dismissal was that he created a “poor command climate.” The publication went on to state, “Sestak was then shuffled into lower-profile desk jobs before he retired in January 2006 as a two-star admiral.”
In fact, many press reports quote another admiral familiar with Sestak as calling his leadership style “tyrannical,” and one in which he commanded “…by intimidation and fear "
Scott | 5.19.10 @ 12:04AM
Hah!
I look forward to Chris Matthews prattling endlessly about how the Democratic Party has been taken over by the far Left and is "purging" moderates.
Of course, what'll happen is the focus on the special election in the PA-12.
Oh, look, Chuck Todd is focusing on that. What a surprise.
FuriousNation| 5.19.10 @ 1:14AM
In all ex-Senator Specter's eighty years, he never learned that when you chase two rabbits, you don't catch either one.
Another member of the Obama Booboisie skulks into infamy and defeat!
Bob K.| 5.19.10 @ 8:03AM
Specter, in his own perverse way, will continue to be Specter and he will continue to act in his own behalf until his term is over as he always did. He will not be an Obama Lackey and he will first carefully consider what effects his final votes and actions will have on his "legacy;" what ever that consists of in his self serving imagination!
Teflon93| 5.19.10 @ 8:03AM
This will kill the old goat for sure.
Nick| 5.19.10 @ 8:25AM
Don't be surprised if S-P-E-C-T-E-R pulls a Crist and runs as an independent.
The slimy reptile has no shame, after all.
DAC| 5.19.10 @ 8:43AM
Having worked in the Senate and dealt directly with Snarlin' Arlen and his oppressed staffers, I can tell you, there is nobody--and I mean nobody--on Capitol Hill who will miss him. He is, without a doubt, the most self-centered human being I have ever met or heard of, and that is really saying a lot. This ahole had no redeeming qualities as a Senator or as a human being--truly a rotten, evil man who if we're all lucky will dry up like a piece of dogshit on the street, and just blow away in the wind (Dirty Harry "Sudden Impact" reference).
I'll leave you with a well-known story about Arlen. Seems that one fine weekday on Capitol Hill, a senior staffer of his was trying to break through his schedule and meet with him about some key piece of legislation that would be coming to the Floor the following week. Well, Arlen had a fundraiser in Philly that night, and by the time the poor staffer caught up to him, he was on his way to his limo. Arlen invited the staffer into the limo to brief him, as the limo left DC and headed north on I-95. The briefing concluded somewhere in northern Maryland, a good 1.5 hr drive up the road. At which point Arlen had his driver pull into a rest area, dropped the staffer off, and continued his trip north. Left the poor bastard stranded at a rest area in the late evening, without so much as fronting the guy cab fare, or calling another lackey to pick him up. Nice guy, that Arlen--I look forward to his obituary.
Marv Hershenson| 5.19.10 @ 1:41PM
I totally agree with DAC on his piece. My late brother had some interactions with the soon to be former Senator on a trip to Israel. My brother's observation of him was: an egotistical and arrogant sob. Enough said.
AliceL.| 5.19.10 @ 12:36PM
Just donated to Toomey. We have to pull out all the stops for Toomey. I am sure that Rick Santorum deeply regrets ever having supported Arlen. What will they say in Scotland?
Oldefarte| 5.19.10 @ 12:47PM
So long Arlen. Next up, Crist!!!!!!!!
Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 5.19.10 @ 3:24PM
That groaning, wailing sound you hear is not Arlen Specter bemoaning his fate. That sound is Specter's mini-me, Michael "Smerconehead" Smerconish mourning the loss of his idol & reason for living. It's been said he showed up for work today at One Bala Plaza in Bala Cynwyd, PA, home of The Big Talker 1210 where his his left wing Specter/Obonehead worship sessions disguised as a radio talk show take place, dressed all in black, his bald dome dyed black as well, feeling suicidal. He says the only thing keeping him from jumping from the roof of One Bala Plaza is the reassurance that his man-child "messiah", "President" Obonehead is still "President". Look for Smerconehead to continue lashing out at the GOP & it's voters for driving his meal ticket out of the U.S. Senate. Bye-bye Arlen. Don't forget to take Smerconehead with you!