Biden: I Look Forward To Campaigning For Sestak

[ProSense]

Biden: I Look Forward To Campaigning For Sestak

Nick Broten

Vice President Joe Biden released the following statement today on last night's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania:

Arlen Specter is one of my closest friends. He has served Pennsylvania with determination, wisdom, and skill for many years. I was proud to play a role in his return to the Democratic Party; his votes to pass the Recovery Act and health insurance reform were courageous and critical to our success. I look forward to working with him during the rest of this year, and remaining in close contact with him after his term in Washington is finished.

I spoke to Joe Sestak last night and congratulated him on his impressive victory. He will make a great candidate in the fall, and a wonderful United States Senator. I look forward to campaigning for him in Pennsylvania and celebrating his victory in November.

[IndianaGreen]

1. Politicians!

I'll take Sestak's words over Biden's tired old politics:

"This is what Democracy looks like," Sestak told his supporters Tuesday night. "A win for the people - over the establishment, over the status quo, even over Washington, D.C."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/18/sestak-a-win-for-the-people/?fbid=6vXTxp1E1Jx

[ProSense]

3. "I'll take Sestak's words over Biden's tired old politics:" Sestak's

words.

[Cha]

15. Love Sestak's WORDS..

"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."

President Obama doesn't need "yes men" or women..he needs the best!..And he appreciates them!

[treestar]

5. How soon before you're calling Sestak a corporatist?

[Hippo_Tron]

30. Reminds me of that Who song, what's it called???

Oh yea "Won't Get Fooled Again". I have a feeling, somebody's going to get fooled again.

[Jennicut]

6. Sestak...the progressive change agent, who is for the war in Afghanistan

Sestak knows the right words to use and I like him as the Dem candidate in PA much better then I did Specter. But there needs to be some reality.
Biden and Obama will campaign for Sestak. I don't see the big deal.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Sestak shows an intellectual integrity that is lacking in the Beltway

Would you trust someone that tries to undo you at every turn and that, once he fails miserably, comes back to say how much he liked you to begin with. We wouldn't tolerate such nonsense in our personal lives, nor should we from politicians.

[Jennicut]

9. Okay. But how is Sestak changing the status quo in DC?

He voted yes on HCR(you know, the one with the mandates), yes to send more troops to Afghanistan. I thought real progressives were against that. I said he was better then Specter. Sestak voted for Obama's ideas.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Specter is gone!

And Rahm got egg on his face!

[Jennicut]

12. So Rahm got egg on his face? That is it?

Specter was voting with Obama before he lost, though I am glad he is gone. Sestak will pretty much vote with Obama.

[IndianaGreen]

13. Specter is a POS--regardless of what letter he hides behind

Sestak is not my brand of leftist, but he is more trustworthy than those fossils we have in the Beltway to whom lying and laying in bed with corporations is second nature.

[ProSense]

16. "Sestak is not my brand of leftist, but he is more trustworthy"

So you trust him on Afghanistan?

[IndianaGreen]

21. I disagree with him on Afghanistan

Despite what the self-described "moderates" say about progressives, we don't demand 100-percent litmus tests. The DLC is the one that never compromises on anything, while the rest of us saw our beloved Single Payer kept off the table, and the public option watered down until it was unrecognizable.

[PopSixSquish]

17. Pssst....Main Post Alert...Rahm Recruited Sestak to Run for Congress in 2006

so I don't think he's that upset that Joe beat Arlen...

[IndianaGreen]

19. And he tried to keep Sestak from running against Specter

We owe Rahm all those blue dogs that voted for such gems as the Stupak amendment and the Ben Nelson Nebraska giveaway.

While we are on the topic: Bye, bye, Blanche Lincoln!

[ProSense]

20. .

:rofl:

[IndianaGreen]

23. Sestak: White House Offered Job To Keep Me Out Of Race (21-Feb-2010)

Sestak: White House Offered Job To Keep Me Out Of Race. White House Denies It.

By Susie Madrak Sunday Feb 21, 2010 6:00pm

So Joe Sestak says the White House offered him a job to keep him from running against Specter. That part doesn't surprise me; I imagine the White House did try to keep him out of the race. The part that's fascinating is that Sestak went public with it.

In politics, other politicians need to trust you - and your sense of discretion. Embarrassing the White House publicly probably isn't a good way to build relationships:

In the face of a White House denial, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak stuck to his story yesterday that the Obama administration offered him a "high-ranking" government post if he would not run against U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary.

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/sestak-white-house-offered-me-job-sta

[PopSixSquish]

25. You Owe Rahm for Having Joe Sestak in Politics in the First Place

So let's call it a draw shall we?

:hi:

[IndianaGreen]

27. Let's defeat Toomey!

FRAK the Club for Growth!

Go Sestak!

[PopSixSquish]

29. Go Navy!

I would love to see the Admiral win in PA and will contribute to his race...

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[kjackson227]

8. Wow, what was that all about??? People, don't burst an artery, geez!

I don't think Dumbya and his administration received as much viciousness as some have displayed here against Obama. But, Obama is doing a good job which is all that matters.

[bvar22]

10. Pee Wee Herman, after falling off his bike in front of a crowd of pre-pubescent girls:

"I meant to do that!"

[freddie mertz]

14. Joe is a good soldier.

He will do fine.

[IndianaGreen]

18. A good sailor!

Don't call a Navy person a soldier, or a Marine anything other than a Marine.

:-)

[freddie mertz]

22. I stand corrected. I know Joe was close to Specter and must be disappointed.

But he's been a class act on this one, as he often is.

Good Navy training?

[IndianaGreen]

24. Navy rocks!

I was Army myself, and afterwards I did spend several years working with the Navy.

[freddie mertz]

26. Indeed! I wanted to join, but then Vietnam came along.

And I was happy enough that my number got called up.

That said, I have a deep love for ships and the sea and naval history.

Visit historic ships and used to build models of them.

Etc.

[IndianaGreen]

28. We have a lot in common, except...

I never had to deal with volcanic ash. ;-)

[Dinger]

31. Biden: I Look Forward To Campaigning For Sestak, Now Anyway (nt)

[Clio the Leo]

32. And he'll do it with vigor and gusto!

(and some hyperbole mixed in for good measure)