Sestak defeats Specter, Dems hold seat formerly held by Murtha

Looks like Arlen Specter’s party switch to keep his job didn’t work after all…. The AP called Pennsylvania’s Senate primary for Sestak just before 10:15 p.m., as Sestak led Specter, 53 percent to 47 percent, with 65 percent of precincts reporting. The second-term congressman and former admiral will face off…

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Happy Anniversary, Sen. Arlen Specter!

On the 6-month anniversary of the decision by Sen. Arlen Specter (“D” – PA) to switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, Pat Toomey, the likely Republican U.S. Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, released a video congratulating Sen. Specter:

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Meet the Mob

Seeing as how some on the far-right fringe seem to think the folks who’ve been showing up at health care town halls haven’t really been that disruptive, thought I’d take a minute to post a few videos of some of of the folks who’ve been attending health care reform town…

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A few more thoughts on Arlen Specter

By now you’ve no doubt heard the news about Senator Arlen Specter’s switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. In fact, I blogged briefly about the switch a little earlier tonight. What I didn’t get a chance to mention was the reaction to Sen. Specter’s switch by those…

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