Specter goes down.

[applecorped]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/

"PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday was defeated in a Democratic primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching from the GOP. Voters picked U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and rejected the 80-year-old Specter in his first Democratic campaign since his Republican Party defection.
With 79 percent of precincts reporting, Sestak received 435,630 votes, or 53 percent; Specter received 384,027 votes, about 47 percent.
The vote also was a defeat for President Barack Obama, who supported Specter when he abandoned the Republican Party last year. In speaking briefly to supporters at a downtown Philadelphia hotel after the race was called, Specter thanked Obama for his msg support."

 

[willhaven]

Not entirely surprising. Honestly, it was closer than I anticipated.

 

[Cicero]

Good riddance.

 

[Puppycow]

But I thought that switching parties would enable him to get re-elected.

 

[MattusMaximus]

See ya, Arlen. November in PA just got a lot more interesting

 

[rjwould]

This has naught to do with Obama, he just did what he promised to do for a vote. Specter deserved to be defeated for the Anita Hill spectacle, but we had to wait for democrats to make the change because republicans didn't have the morality to.

 

[rjwould]

But I thought that switching parties would enable him to get re-elected.

That only works down south, where people vote accent for phonies like Richard Shelby.

 

[Puppycow]

That only works down south, where people vote accent for phonies like Richard Shelby.

Just in case you didn't catch the reference, I was referring to a certain ad by Joe Sestak.

 

[WildCat]

He was on the radio here a few weeks ago, and blamed his imprisonment on the Jews trumping up charges because he defended Demjanjuk.

 

[Darth Rotor]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/

"PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday was defeated in a Democratic primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching from the GOP. Voters picked U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and rejected the 80-year-old Specter in his first Democratic campaign since his Republican Party defection. With 79 percent of precincts reporting, Sestak received 435,630 votes, or 53 percent; Specter received 384,027 votes, about 47 percent.

rejected the 80-year-old Specter
Obviously, this is a matter of age discrimination by Democrats in PA.

Does anyone get the feeling that some Senators feel that they cannot retire?

Did he wake up one day and decide that he was entitled to be a Senator until he stopped breathing?

DR

 

[thaiboxerken]

Given the title of the thread, I thought this was another rentboy.com topic.

 

[NoScotsman]

This has naught to do with Obama, he just did what he promised to do for a vote. Specter deserved to be defeated for the Anita Hill spectacle, but we had to wait for democrats to make the change because republicans didn't have the morality to.

Specter made a spectacle of himself with Anita Hill His bullying tactics won't be missed. He was useful to Obama on the healthcare vote ... He served his purpose.

 

[Mark6]

But I thought that switching parties would enable him to get re-elected.

Arlen Specter thought so too.

Sometimes you just can't win...

 

[Mark6]

He was on the radio here a few weeks ago, and blamed his imprisonment on the Jews trumping up charges because he defended Demjanjuk.

What imprisonment?

 

[KingMerv00]

Just in case you didn't catch the reference, I was referring to a certain ad by Joe Sestak.

I must have seen that ad dozens of times.

I'm usually annoyed by attack ads but sometimes they make a valid point.

 

[rjwould]

"Specter goes down."

I doubt that.

 

[Duncanthrax]

I voted for Sestak and am satisfied with the results. Still, I don't harbor any real ill-will towards Specter, and didn't decide on Sestak until the last few days. Specter's voting record is generally good, even when he was a Republican. I usually believe party-switching should be rewarded, but in this case it was glaringly obvious that he didn't do it out of conviction but simply because it was his only chance to be re-elected. And he's 80 years old and has cancer; that was a big factor for me. Still, he voted for the health care bill and will remain supportive of Sestak and other Democrats this fall, so I wish him a happy retirement.

 

[rjwould]

I voted for Sestak and am satisfied with the results. Still, I don't harbor any real ill-will towards Specter, and didn't decide on Sestak until the last few days. Specter's voting record is generally good, even when he was a Republican. I usually believe party-switching should be rewarded, but in this case it was glaringly obvious that he didn't do it out of conviction but simply because it was his only chance to be re-elected. And he's 80 years old and has cancer; that was a big factor for me. Still, he voted for the health care bill and will remain supportive of Sestak and other Democrats this fall, so I wish him a happy retirement.

Yeah, but he sank health care back in 1992. Health care would be so much improved by now (18 years later) had he had a conscience back then.

 

[dudalb]

The other big news is Rand Paul's victory in Kentucky. Wait until the Dems start making Paul Jr the face of the GOP with emphasis on Paul's batcrap crazy ideas.

 

[KingMerv00]

The other big news is Rand Paul's victory in Kentucky. Wait until the Dems start making Paul Jr the face of the GOP with emphasis on Paul's batcrap crazy ideas.

Doesn't seem like Ron Paul hurt them all that much, why should Rand?