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If I were a Pennsylvanian voter ...

This guy would not even reach the top 20 list ...

Never mind the top ten ...

GO HOME JOE'Y

Hey Joe'y ...

I hear the Republicans are looking for a few good men ...

You might be just what they need ...

Bye ... Bye Joe'y

Your not motivating anyone except yourself ...

But in your league , the minors ...

That apparently is enough to satisfy your ego ...

GO HOME JOE ...

Why do Dems spend their “war chest” to scrimmage in Primary Elections when they can put it to better use in the General? Wonder where labor will be should this match-up become a reality? Can you say Employee Free Choice! Good luck gentlemen, because someone will be singing Little Anthony’s hit “I’m on the outside-looking in”.

Run Joe run!! Defeat this republican opportunist in the primaries and go on to victory in the Keystone Senate race!!

I hope he kicks Spectors BUTT. He thought he could change parties to save his neck. What a coward

Maybe this will end Spectors career-These guys have been there way to long and should go-but they want to make a career out of this office and what we need is fresh blood in Washington.This country needs to vote these people out that have been up there all these years.This country needs change but people will not vote these people out after they have been there forever.Vote for change America.

Good news! Will be funny though to see how the Dem establishment pushes him aside. Not really into open and honest debate at all.

great, we need younger fresher ideas in congress. some of these eople have been there over 25 years and what they ran on in the first place is long gone and not revelant for anythng anyore.. it is time for a good idea and more ideas from the congress.

Good for him. Specter will not serve the democrats of PA. He is too much of an opportunist.

For Pete sake, let the voters decide who they want to represent them. Not the Democratic Party, Not Obama but the voters. That is what our great country is all about. Freedom of choice. I should know!

At least a true Democrat will be running. Not a turn-coat who is only concerned about his own political survival. I, as a Republican who has Sestak as my Rep. view him as very effective and the whole Commonwealth will benefit from his being elected senator. In running he may be at odds with the party leaders and O'Bama but at least he is willing to step up to the plate and say that PA deserves better.

Joe Sestak will be the first democrat in history I am donating money to, mostly because he's got a better chance then the republican of knocking off that spineless traitor Specter.

Sestak for Senate!

Primaries are a good thing. The President should have stayed out of Pennsylvania politics.

PLEASE Tom Ridge, RUN!

Say Good Night Mr. Specter!

Sure, go ahead. Everyone has that right if he can fulfil the rules and has money. To me Spector has always been more like a spectre anyway.

Specter is going to find out very soon that turncoats are valued for their votes and adding to the party membership in the senate but will never really be trusted. Specter's party switch was not a matter of conscience or princple thats one thing. It was a cold calculated move with political survival as the motive....nothing else.

Ha- so the 2 liberals in PA plan to do battle in spite of the backroom deal Specter made with his butt-buddy Obama. Oh well I hope they have fun so the conservative can kick their butt in the general election. Don't be fooled Repubs lost because they DIDN'T differnetiante themselves. America is conservative......

Doesn't Arlen make a nice Court Jester , all of that dancing around for the top PA job only to find out his master pupeteer lied. Boo Hoo so sad

I hope that congressmen wins this race. I hope that Rush Limbaugh works for Spector's defeat.

I live in North Carolina, and I will send Sestak money – as much as I can afford. We need a REAL democrat in that seat, not a faux democrat like Specter.

Way to go, Sestak! Tell Obama to keep his nose out of your business! And where do I send you $500?

Go Joe Sestak!
I heard Sestak speak and no doubt he's a thoughtful person. He has served this country with honor and I will support his candidacy and contribute what I can go Sestak

Isn't the point of democracy that we choose our own representatives, not have them chosen for us.

Good. I hope Specter loses. I don't even care whether he is beaten by a Pub or a Dem. You can't rust a turncoat.

Take a rest Joe! Help your party and wait it out. Give Specter another 6-year term to help getting Health Care in place. His senority and experience is useful. Then liklly he will retire and you can be there for many years after that. Don't be too anxious or too quick to try the Senate seat hat on now. If you lose this race, it may be a very long time before your time comes up again. People do remeber and it maybe now what you want them to remeber that you tried to oust Arlen.

This will be interesting to watch. Specter's support is pretty thin, but he is very well known and can probably raise a lot of money for the run. Sestak, on the other hand, is an unknown outside of his area, which means he'll have to spend a ton just to get noticed...

I'm not sure what the polling says right now, but I personally would rather vote for a "real" Democrat; someone who has had the guts to stand up for those beliefs his entire career than I would vote for Specter, who, let's face it, just wants to get elected again.

And I don't think I'm alone...

He's probably just as shady as Specter and maybe as shady as Obama.

I'm in Virginia, but YES, I will help you defeat Specter!!

Specter is a no good backstabber.......he's nothing now having lost all of his seniority and is solely at the beck and call of the Democrats....

The people of Pennsylvania know now that he can't be trusted and is just another Judas in the weeds....you'll beat him easily as no one wants a slimy backstabber....

Sestak, would be the better candidate. Alan Specter is a plant. He can't be trusted when a critical moment comes. Specter will vote with the GOP when it gets controversial. That is all he has left. Don't trust anyone that trades sides.

Good for Rep. Sestak!!! I'm tired of these political people telling us who we should get for our next Senator. anyone at this point would be better than our current senator.

Good, I'm glad someone is running against him. Sen. Spector is a disgrace to our country. He doesn't care about the country and its future. He switched parties so he wouldn't lose. Not someone I would want in the Senate

He is an excellent person and a fantastic politician. I was blessed to have worked for him on the 2006 Election Trail where he defeated incumbent Curt Weldon. He is an American Hero and will serve the people of Pennsylvania beautifully.

Good. I hope Specter gets what he deserves. Leaving the Republicans was totally gutless and self serving. The only thing Specter is concerned about is himself and winning an election. He showed zero loyalty to the Republican party. In a time win this country needs people who will stand up for what is right, he simply stood up for what was best for Arlen. I hope the good people of Pennsylvania recognize that Specter doesn't give one hoot about them. Seems to me all he really cares about is his own career and reelection.

People in hell have better chance of getting ice water.........

He needs some folks to challenge him – he's not a real Democrat.

Sestak can beat the Republican who is hiding in the Democratic party. Why take a fake Democrat when you can get a real one??

good

Fantastic.I wonder how Specter will convince the Dems of PA that he really hold their values and aspirations after a lifetime on the other side of the fence working against them. If Specter really wanted to see what it was like on the other side he should have just gone and visited Larry Craig instead.

Go Joe

I am glad to see another Dem in the race in PA. Almost immediately after he switched parties Specter admitted that he will not support party decisions. This is reason enough for a true Dem to have the seat. I wish I were a PA resident to vote for Sestak. We do not need another Liberman who votes to suit his own interests. We will need a united front on many occasions in the future to keep the republican negativity at bay.

Great. Challenge for the right to Fire Specter. I applaud Sestak's decision to challenge him. Specter is a good centrist but the move to the other party just to keep his job irks me to no end, and cheapens his principles as well as the seat in the senate he keeps....

Outstanding!

I have NEVER even remotely considered making a campaign contribution to a Democrat – but I am tempted to in tis case!!

Too bad Arlen.....lets get some new blood in the race on both sides vs. a 79 year old professional political hack

Go for it Joe! Spector is out for himself and not for the democrats!

Mr. Sestak – I wish you the VERY best of luck! I do hope you win your contest for the Democratic representative... however, you have some powerful enemies: Obama, Biden, Specter, DNC leadership, etc.

Sad when the entire DNC party wants to ordain the democratic candidate and not give voters a real choice.

But hey – that's "change you can believe in" ... right?

if obama is smart, he either steers clear of this race, or backs sestak. specter is dead weight to the democratic party. sestak is new blood. specter really has no money in the bank with obama. obama owes him nothing. specter only switched parties because he expects to lose the republican primary in pennsylvania. sestak is running as a democrat because he agrees with the principles of the party. i really hope obama does NOT blow this one.

hope Arlen is defeated !!!!!!

Joe Sestak was the hardest workers I have ever met. I would vote for him .

If Osama Bin Laden entered the democratic primary against Arlen Specter, I would send a donation and vote for him. Go Sestak.

As a PA voter I urge , at this time, for Rep Sestak to cool it . Now is not the time for him to run...he will divide part thus giving the Reps a great chanc in the fall...Pres Obama supports Specter that says it all for me....
Pa Voter..

This raises the specter of an interesting primary race. Looks like Arlen will face the consequences of not supporting Obama's program. How can voter be so stupid to believe Arlen needs one more term to accomplish his goals? Time to give someone else a chance to serve.

Go Sestak!

Where do I send my check?

Oh wow, a corrupt incumbent against a corrupt challenger. Stop the presses!!!

So, Sleestak is going to go up against Sphincter. This will be a battle of epic proportions!

The IRA? What is a republic?

Good, honest political competition never did anyone any harm. I am sure that the people of Pennsylvania will be the winners.

I was hoping Joe Sestak would do this. Good for him. We need a real Democrat to win in Pennsylvania, not one who sold his soul to salvage his political career.

Hope you nail that self-serving,self-centered son-of-a-gun. Man could care less about the people he supposedly serves.

Anybody notice how much this guy looks like John Kerry? I think they cloned him...

Specter is washed up.

Bye bye, Arlen... (hint: they'll probably pick a real democrat over an ambiguous one)

GREAT!
It's time for that rich, dusty old white guy to move over and let the "new" blood into the Senate. At least we know Sestak is a true democrat not just one of convenience.
Besides, Sestak is a really, really smart former military guy – The dems need more of them...

Don't know this guy, but hope he wins over that two timing Specter. Democrats deserve a real democrat, not a self serving phony.

Good! let a real Democrat run!

Here we go again, who to vote for, since he would be my Senator.

Good run!!! wonder what obama will do to try and shut you up, now that he wants or apparently promised specter he could run as a democrat unopposed.

Go for it dude. That's what elections are all about. I encourage anyone who wants to do public service to "just do it" either by elected office, volunteerism or political activism.
It's what we're about as Americans.

I think Specter is better, but my opinion won't decide the election..

Fabulous! This is great news!
Go Joe!