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DREXEL HILL, Pa. Theres no ideological civil war underway here. No, this is all personal just former Navy Adm. Joe Sestak making his last stand against Democratic Party leaders whove been trying to sink him for six years and counting.
On paper, Sestak is about everything Democrats could want in a Senate candidate: a charismatic, decorated veteran elected to the House from a swing district who nearly defeated Republican Pat Toomey in 2010, one of the toughest election years for Democrats in decades.
But the independent streak that attracts voters is precisely what worries national Democrats so much about Sestak: They believe, for the second time since 2010, that he could blow a winnable Senate race because of his tendency to reject the slightest hint of marching orders from party bosses. Sestak is the first to admit he likes doing things his way, and party leaders quickly tired of constantly being told, in so many words, to take a hike.
In response, the whole D.C. Democratic gang is all-in for Sestaks main Democratic rival, Katie McGinty from Barack Obama and Joe Biden to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). More than that, the national party is dropping more than $1 million to push McGinty past Sestak a rare move by Democrats in a Senate primary that reflects their level of disdain for him.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sestak-pa-primary-221644
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)brooklynite
(94,572 posts)...to raise funds for the Party, and then couldn't be bothered
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Even if he can get none of his agenda through, as President he will still be able to purge Payday Loan Debbie and all the other Third Wayers from the party.
brooklynite
(94,572 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Running as an independent would be worse than useless because he would just be a spoiler, this way he is taking over the party from the inside.
brooklynite
(94,572 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Who can't help themselves and get off topic because they're so convinced of their own superior thinking.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)The machine has its priorities, even if that machine ranks right up there with Tinker Toy as a result.
-- Mal