White House Embraces Upstart Who Beat Specter

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/us/politics/20sestak.html?hp

Shortly after Representative Joe Sestak won an improbable victory Tuesday over Senator Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary, President Obama called Mr. Sestak to congratulate him. The president pledged his full support, aides said later, and offered to campaign for him in the fall — if Mr. Sestak believes it will help.

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His seemingly quixotic yearlong quest to win the Democratic Senate nomination pitted Mr. Sestak against an array of Democratic power brokers, from the White House to the governor to organized labor to the party apparatus to Democratic donors.

“You have the whole world telling him he’s crazy to do this,” said Neil Oxman, a founder of the Campaign Group, the media firm in Philadelphia that made Mr. Sestak’s much-heralded television commercials. “It’s pretty remarkable when you can stand up against those odds and take on the longest-serving senator in Pennsylvania history.”

Now Mr. Sestak — despite an initially rambling and occasionally bewildering speaking style — appears to be one of the Democrats’ best hopes for keeping control of the Senate. How a relatively obscure member of Congress, with a consistently liberal voting record, made it this far says a great deal about who he is.

[babylonsister]

1. F* NYT: "despite an initially rambling and occasionally bewildering speaking style"

:wtf:

Are they reporting news or opinions? The more I read, the less I like some of the asshats working there. :grr:

[pscot]

5. Sounds like he's made for the Senate

Bewildering bafflegab is the norm in that place.

[napi21]

2. I think Spector had a deal with all those foks when he change partys.

They all committed to campaigh & upport hi for reelection if he changed to a Dem. They all knot their word but Arlen shot himself in the foot y statig on tape that "I canged arty's because I wanted to win reelection!" That coupled with the fact that he's 80 yo & has fought off two couts of cancer in recent years cohnvincd the people of PA that they wanted the new guy.

[DJ13]

3. Not much choice now, is there?

:rofl:

[FBI_Un_Sub]

4. Toomey

is a "Club for Growth" old fashion Conservative -- and was an investment banker.

[Demeter]

6. Improbable? Not Hardly

Warm spit would be preferable to Specter.