Looks Like A Good Night For Dr. Dean

[MannyGoldstein]

"We all voted for change we can believe in. If we don't get it, we'll get some more change in 2010"
- Howard Dean

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Amen to that!

A toast to the only LEADER this party had in the past decade. :toast:

God, do we ever need him back now!

[laughingliberal]

2. I'll 2nd that!

:toast:

[ProSense]

3. This was a good night for President Obama and the Democratic Party

Sestak is going to be a solid Democrat in the Senate. First, winning the GE.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. sshhhhhh The MSM is trying to hide that information

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Ever Notice That The Candidates Obama Backs Usually Lose?

Think its because Obama has a thing for underdogs?

[scheming daemons]

6. Really? The Dems have won 7 straight House special elections since Obama became President

You want to keep rehashing Scott Brown over Martha Coakley, be my guest.

That's the ONE GOP win since Obama began his term.


One.

[JI7]

9. that had more to do with Coakley going on vacation and saying

she didn't need to campaign.

any other Dem would have easily won.

[MannyGoldstein]

14. I Don't Believe That's The Case

Democratic turn out was light, Republican turnout was heavy, and the center went for Brown.

[bobburgster]

46. Coakley lost that election through total ineptitude.

If she had run a half decent campaign she would have won.

[MannyGoldstein]

11. Coakley, Corzine, Deeds, Specter, Lincoln...

Must be that he likes underdogs. That's it.

[scheming daemons]

13. I really don't think Obama minds that Specter lost

Obama just went through the motions in supporting him, just to keep his end of the deal.


As for Lincoln... she fought against Obamacare... I don't think he'll miss her.

[freddie mertz]

32. Obama was on TV, 24/7, proclaiming his "love" for Arlen Specter.

People knew he was the president's candidate, and voted against him anyway.

It's a loss for the WH political team, at the very least.

[Qutzupalotl]

47. The primary was about the candidates, not Obama.

Pennsylvania Democrats have a long history of voting AGAINST Specter.

[ProSense]

8. How does Sestak's win impact the President's agenda? n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. You mean like how he's going to back Sestak in the general?

[MannyGoldstein]

27. I Guess We'll See! nt

[MadBadger]

20. Should Obama have not backed Coakley, Deeds, and Corzine?

[MannyGoldstein]

24. He Actively Campaigned For Them - and Bupkes

Recently, Mass. Rep Nikki Tsongas was interviewed by the NY Times:

If the suddenly crowded field is not enough by itself to suggest that Ms. Tsongas may be vulnerable, consider this: she demurred recently in an interview when asked if she wanted President Obama to campaign for her.

“I have great respect for our president,” she said.

But would he help or hurt her campaign?

“I can’t say one way or the other,” she said. “We will cross that bridge when the time comes.”

When a Democratic incumbent equivocates over a visit by a sitting Democratic president who won the state lopsidedly, it cannot be a good sign.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/us/politics/14tsongas.html

[MadBadger]

25. You didnt really answer the question.

Should he not have backed three Democratic nominees?

[MannyGoldstein]

28. Yes. It Was The Actively-Campaigning Part I Should Have Mentioned

My bad.

[glitch]

43. I wouldn't call GS and BP underdogs.

I don't have a suitably vicious insulting noun yet, working on it.

[depakid]

7. One of Obama's candidates lost- the other's forced into a runoff

Not such a good result for the administration's preferences.

[MannyGoldstein]

12. These are not the droids you are looking for. nt

[ProSense]

15. That's all that matters, isn't it?

Sestak is going to vote with Democrats. I'm sure the President is distraught.

[depakid]

23. Of course not- just pointing out an objective fact

His preferences didn't win tonight. That's not to say that we're all not the better for it.

[tsuki]

17. That is why he should never put his political capital on primary races. nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. Presidents support incumbents in the primaries.

To you get all bent out of shape when incumbents do win primaries?

[depakid]

22. Since when?

LOL- since never.

[Bluebear]

26. Only can imagine what "ignored" is hollering about.

Whatever lol!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

29. Basic politics.

Lulz.

[freddie mertz]

31. You are probably serious, but...

Pardon me if I find your effort at spin in this case to be PURE COMEDY GOLD!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Every voter in this state who cast their vote for Sestak KNEW they were voting AGAINST Obama's personally endorsed candidate.

It was a loss for the pathetic and flawed political "strategy" of this White House, and everyone knows it.

Even you, I suspect.

[ProSense]

37. "Dean thinks Sestak is a Democrat in the mold of Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) -- a centrist "

At the same time, Dean thinks Sestak is a Democrat in the mold of Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) -- a centrist who was elected in 2006 in part thanks to online progressives supporting and funding his candidacy until it attracted national attention. "New progressives are the old centrists. Conway and Sestak will be pretty damn appealing to the middle of the road," Dean said. "Joe is a bit of an iconoclast and that's what you want in a race like this. Joe is a centrist with conviction politics."

link

I'd love to see more progressives in the Senate. I'll accept more Democrats, but I'm not going to pretend a moderate Democrat is a progressive.

"Every voter is this state who cats their vote for Sestak KNEW they were voting AGAINST Obama's personally endorsed candidate."

Woo hoo, we won another strong supporter of the President's agenda, including his Afghanistan policy.

[freddie mertz]

38. I consider him a centrist as well, or a "mainstream" democrat.

The WH-Rendell role in trying to 1. deny my state a primary choice in the first place and 2. bully us into voting for the guy they made a deal with had little to do with ideology.

It had everything to do with business as usual (sleazy), insider politics.

[ProSense]

40. "The WH-Rendell role in trying to 1. deny my state a primary choice in the first place" Really?

You had a primary choice, and now you're celebrating that win.

Democracy works. Yay!

[freddie mertz]

41. Everyone knows that Rendell-Obama tried to force Sestak OUT of the race.

It's something everyone here knows about, and was a factor in his victory.

That and the total failure of Specter's campaign, of course.

[bvar22]

49. This is just too much for "some" to admit.

Its like when Pee-Wee Herman fell off his bike in front of a crowd of pre-pubescent girls.
He jumped up and said, "I meant to do that!"

Same thing.

[Octafish]

10. Hear! Hear!

People vote for the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party.

[whathehell]

42. Damn straight!

[Individualist]

16. Voters are sending DLC a message!

:applause:

[MadBadger]

18. Joe Sestak is probably "DLC"

[disillusioned73]

30. If he is/was..

he wasn't very obedient when he was asked to stand down and let the "chosen" canidate run unobstructed.

[lonestarnot]

33. Well said good doctor!

:applause:

[ProSense]

34. Sestak On Obama Call: 'He Couldn't Have Been Nicer'

Sestak On Obama Call: 'He Couldn't Have Been Nicer'

President Obama phoned Rep. Joe Sestak to congratulate him on the victory in Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate primary last night. Sestak (D-PA) said on CNN that Obama offered his full support despite being behind Sen. Arlen Specter during the primary.

Sestak said he was "gratified" by Obama's call, adding, "I want to be a strong ally of him, one of the strongest allies, but obviously not a yes man and I'm looking forward to this next election."

"Couldn't have been nicer," Sestak said.

Sestak told CNN, "He said, 'Congratulations, and Joe, I'm really there for you and I look forward to working with you and getting you in the United States Senate.'"

As we reported last night, Democrats close to the White House said there would be a smooth transition to backing Sestak.

A Democrat close to the White House said it's most likely that Obama advisers Patrick Gaspard and Jim Messina would reach out to Sestak to coordinate the formal endorsement.

It was a good night for Democrats.

[freddie mertz]

39. But a bad one for the WH-Rendell goon squad. nt.

[fadedrose]

35. When Dean ran, he gave us hope for a better government ..

When he lost, that hope just remained, and that hope is his legacy..

[Vinnie From Indy]

36. Dr. Dean is an American hero!

Well said Dr. Dean!

[Senator]

44. K&+R

[sabrina 1]

45. Dean never deserted the base the way this WH did.

When Obama chose Rahm the writing was on the wall.

People listen to Dean ...

[suffragette]

48. +1

[progressoid]

50. Yup. Rahm and Geithner and Summers and LaHood and Leach and Duncan and

:grr:

[sonias]

51. I still miss him as our DNC Chair

He rocked! :loveya: Howard!