Joe Sestak's last stand against the Democratic Party

[elleng]

Washington Democrats are spending big to defeat one of their own in a must-win Pennsylvania Senate race.

'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 Sestak’s 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.

Indeed, the infighting here threatens to do significant harm to Democrats’ hopes in the general election in Pennsylvania, a state that’s essentially a must-win for the party’s hopes of wresting the Senate from Republicans.'>>>

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sestak-pa-primary-221644

[Still Sensible]

1. I hope Katie wins!

IMHO

[Beowulf]

3. Just what we need,

another corporate dem.

[Beowulf]

2. Sestak isn't the one who will blow this election.

It's on the national and state parties. He'd have beaten Toomey in 2010, if the party hadn't hung him out to dry. All because he refused to drop out of the primary when Spector switched parties.

This situation along with the CBC PAC endorsing Donna Edwards' opponent is why I have no use for the national party. The DNC supported DINO's like Lieberman and Baucus for years, but will expend much energy and money to thwart campaigns of progressive Dems.

[elleng]

4. DNC's an institution I'd like to see significantly changed,

but not likely, imo, power and human nature being what they are.

[MH1]

5. Thank you, you are correct. Sestak would wipe the floor with Toomey

if the DNC got behind him instead of doing whatever they could to torpedo him.

I'm fairly well convinced the national party does not have my interests at heart.

[Odin2005]

6. I STAND WITH SESTAK!

Down with DLC Corporate Dems!