PA-Sen: Katy McGinty leading Joe Sestak by 60,000 votes

[brooklynite]

McGinty 44.7%
Sestak 31.0%
Fetterman 24.3%

I'm thinking the Bernie voters gave their support to Fetterman

http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ENR_NEW

[onehandle]

1. I voted for McGinty. nt

[JonLeibowitz]

3. Was it her strong voting record and demonstrated electability that convinced you?

[onehandle]

5. We need more women in the Senate.

Democratic women running will win on Hillary's coattails.

[JonLeibowitz]

7. .....

Policy and record be damned.

[Reter]

12. So you support a less qualified woman over a more qualified man?

That in itself is highly sexist.

[JonLeibowitz]

2. That is an unfortunate choice. I think in an election year like this Sestak was more electable

Than McGinty, anyway.

Not to mention a more reliable progressive. It really bothers me that Rendell is running her campaign.

[femmocrat]

6. I agree. nt

[MBS]

14. I agree. n/t

[craigmatic]

4. This establishment shit is going to come back and bite us in the ass.

[GulfCoast66]

8. Have you ever thought

That just maybe establishment is another word for majority?

[craigmatic]

9. Majorities are temporary and just because something is popular doesn't mean it's right.

[BlueMTexpat]

29. That sounds like you are more pro-authoritarianism

to me.

Democracy (majority rule) is fine so long as its outcome is what YOU want, LOL.

[craigmatic]

34. 10 years ago the majority thought gays shouldn't get married. 60 years ago the majority thought

jim crow was ok. I could go on and on. A majority doesn't equal morality.

[BlueMTexpat]

35. So what part of a majority of Americans

for Hillary is anywhere equivalent to segregation and anti-LGBT rights? In fact, both blacks and LGBTs support Hillary large majorities.

Please don't even hint at "Stockholm Syndrome" ....

Those who do seem to have no idea how absolutely patronizing that is.

[ananda]

11. A majority of corporate, moderate Reep hacks in Dem clothing ...

... serve only for the minority of those who have money and clout.

[GulfCoast66]

13. So the majority of Democrats

We're not really Democrats. Got it.

[Lucky Luciano]

17. The overwhelming majority of the House is Republican.

They also won the popular vote in 2014. Wanna rethink that majority rubbish you were touting above.

[GulfCoast66]

18. Come back tomorrow

You must be really tired, or something. Your post is a little disjointed.

[Lucky Luciano]

19. Typing on the iPhone is a pain in the ass.

[GulfCoast66]

21. I still do not understand the point

You are making.

And this message is sent on an iPhone.

[Lucky Luciano]

22. I interpret your post #8 as saying "STFU, we are the majority and we don't give a shit about your...

...opinions"

[GulfCoast66]

23. Then I apologize

That was not my intention. I guess I am a rare person here, I really don't like either one of our candidates that much. But I like both of them hell of a lot more than I like the alternative. So I tend to get a little snarky. But always remember, FDR was establishment. He just had the good sense not to advertise that he was a socialist. He knew that no one called a socialist could win the presidency and I don't believe anything has changed.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

10. "If you're pro-barely-regulated fracking, McGinty's your gal!!!"

While she was Rendell's appointed secretary of the state's Department of Environmental Protection,
she awarded millions of dollars of state contracts to corporate employers of her husband (a fracking lobbyist). She was investigated and censured by the state ethics commission, which warned her if she did it again, she would spend 10 years in prison. Her boss, Fast Eddie Rendell, then the governor and now a fracking lobbyist himself, appealed that ruling to the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court. The Court upheld the ruling against Katie McGinty.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10747760

[Demsrule86]

16. I looked for this

Wanted to read it ...link?

[yortsed snacilbuper]

20. Candidate Katie McGinty: The “Environmentalist” For Fracking Fact Sheet

link
http://energyjusticesummer.org/candidate-katie-mcginty-the-environmentalist-for-fracking-fact-sheet/

[Demsrule86]

15. I hope she wins

Sestak...never never wins elections.

[Hortensis]

24. Bottom line. Worry about the Senate seat is apparently

the largest reason the DSCC backed a more promising newbie against him. Whatever. Getting control of the Senate is critical. I 'm not second guessing them, especially when the majority of voters did choose her, as it turns out.

[Midwestern Democrat]

25. Considering Sestak barely lost to Toomey in 2010 (a horrific year for Democrats), if she loses,

there's going to be A LOT of second guessing about this choice. I don't know enough about her to have an opinion, but her resume gives me some pause - she's never won elected office before - her political career consists solely of appointed positions.

[Freddie Stubbs]

27. Bernie never bothered to endorse a candidate in this race

[Vinca]

28. I haven't really followed this. Why is Sestak so disliked by the party bosses?

That much was clear.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

30. Arlen switched to Democrat,

and Joe ran against him and the bosses got mad!

[Vinca]

33. Thanks. I vaguely remember it now.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

31. Uh Oh, Pa. Senate race leans R, I think we are in trouble now!

Senate Ratings

Lean R

PA (Toomey)

Democrats currently control 46 seats in the Senate, including two independents who caucus with the Democrats. Republicans control 54 seats. In total, 34 seats are up for election in 2016.

[yellowcanine]

32. I think Toomey goes down if Hillary wins big in PA.

Lot of anti Trump women voters will also vote for McGinty.