Morris is indeed quite the dodo bird.

It’s pretty demented that 40% don’t realize that Bush is responsible for the current mess and that the situation would have continued (and accelerated under McCain/Palin).

Did Morris bring a prostitute to suck his toes while he gave his speech?

Sure, Morris wants to nationalize the elections so he can sell book and go on Fox promoting them.

I hope they try running harder to the Right.

It should be evident to members of the Democratic Party that a protracted primary battle would be beneficial to Toomey, and that the looming Sestak Scandal will give tremendous ammunition to the GOP. Sestak is an albatross around the collective neck of the Democratic Party. When the public discovers that Sestak and his labor union allies are under investigation by the feds, the GOP will do its utmost to exploit the issue. Democratic candidates across the state could suffer. The economic environment is already unfavorable for the Democrats. The Sestak Scandal could doom the Party in 2010 – unless remedial action is taken.

HateSestak (love your name by the way) -

Where are you getting your information on the Sestak/Union leader investigation. Sounds a little bit too much like 2006 to me to be believable.

Would love to confirm its accuracy.

I don’t understand why people like David Diano and other far-lefties from philadelphia think we should continue on the same course. Pennsylvania is broke. Does anyone realize that? WE ARE BROKE!!! Political corruption is widespread, our debt as a state and nation is insane, we are losing population like crazy, our infrastructure is hanging by a thread, college tuition is insane…and all these Democrats keep saying that we should re-elect Arlen again, re-elect Casey in 2012, elect a democrat as governor, put john murtha’s wife in as his replacement, etc. I just don’t understand this. Why do they talk with pride about turning PA into New Jersey? Why? Is NJ something special? I don’t want a 1 party system. I like democracy and I like having a choice. I don’t want one party to become corrupt and ignore the people. I don’t want massive spending and entitlement programs for philadelphia that never get anyone off of welfare. I DON’T WANT LIBERALISM!!!

Specter is a doddering old fool. Morris sure does have his personal peculuarities, and is an expert on not only by living them, but also by observing them first hand, by working for the First Trotskeyite couple when they soiled and literally stained the White House. Again, Toomey in a romp, he’s tanned, rested, younger, posessing full mental faculties, and ready!!!!!!

Spector winning the primary is a disaster for the Dems.

Dick Morris is a confessed pervert and a confessed liar. Why any self-respecting person – let alone the leadership of an entire state party – would give him money to enable his perversions and his deceit is more than a mystery; it is offensive to man, woman and all God’s creatures great and small. When I contemplate the odiousness of the Bush-Paulson bailout of Wall Street, I believe that behind it lies the loathsomeness of hominids like Morris and his ilk. No reform is possible while political leaders exalt such a despicable human being.

Delco Mod: Some news organizations (such as Philadelphia’s Fox29) are already aware of the Sestak Scandal, and are in possession of irrefutable empirical evidence. Labor union allies of Sestak have openly threatened legal action if these news organizations divulge the information. Moreover, Sestak’s opponents (both Democratic and Republican) are aware of the burgeoning Sestak Scandal, and are also in possession of irrefutable empirical evidence. Why, then, have they not disclosed the info? The GOP hopes Sestak defeats Specter in a protracted primary battle. Then they will strike, revealing the info. This would utterly destroy the Democratic Party. Specter, meanwhile, is reluctant to broach the subject for fear of alienating progressives within the Democratic Party. Specter also undoubtedly fears that some progressives would believe he orchestrated the charges (which he most assuredly DID NOT – this has nothing whatsoever to do with Specter). The feds, meanwhile, are no doubt reluctant to intervene at the height of a primary campaign. They were harshly criticized for this in 2006. But when Sestak exits the campaign…

In other words, Sestak cannot prevail – no matter what course of action he adopts. One way or another, he is finished polticially. If he wins the primary, Toomey will reveal the info. If he loses, the feds will act. And in all likelihood, the details of this case will become publicly known long before either occurs. Congressional investigators will see to that.

All this stuff about Specter and Sestak is annoying and stupid. First, Sestak can’t beat Specter. Second, Specter can’t beat Toomey. Sestak should drop out and defend his seat. Specter should gracefully step aside to avoid the coming november embarrassment, unless he wants to go out like Santorum. Tell Joe Hoeffel to run for the Senate again instead of Governor. He’s used to getting destroyed in state-wide elections.

Who Cares: Your assumptions are utterly baseless. Senator Specter can indeed defeat Toomey; he is an incumbent with an OVERWHELMING fundraising advantage. And resources are obviously all-important. If Toomey is so infallible, why have his fundraising efforts been lackluster thus far? And Sestak successfully seeking re-elction in the 7th District? Preposterous. Firstly, it is unlikely that Lentz will willingly step aside (yet again). Why would Lentz voluntarily end his campaign when rumors abound that Sestak is facing federal charges?! Sestak couldn’t win a city council seat under the present circumstances.

James-
Do you have the first clue in realizing that it was the Republican deregulation policies, irresponsible tax cuts to the rich and massive war spending, and lack of attention to job growth that caused the economic crisis and deprived states like Pennsylvania of federal funds?
Toomey is for the rich (like himself) and Wall Street over Main Street.

gophawk-
I liked your take on Morris. It’s one of the rare posts where you and I agree 100%.

BTW, in case you didn’t know, Morris was one of the pervy neocons bringing Palin to the national stage. Around Jan 2008, he and a bunch of other neocons were on some Alaska cruise. Palin invited them to a lunch or dinner event. They all fell in love with her (especially Morris) and began promoting her for VP behind the scenes.

Delco Mod-
As far as I can tell, the following accusations have been made and submitted to the FBI (I don’t know the status, just the accusations):
1) That in 2006 the UFCW Local 1776 granted bonuses to top union executives and employees for the purpose of them being rolled over (ie laundered) into contributions to Sestak’s 2006 campaign through their Credit Union. Further, the accusation is that this was orchestrated by Wendell Young IV.
If this accusation is true, it was a subversion of campaign finance limits. The FBI was asked to investigate the books, bank records, amounts and the timing of checks.
Again, I have no idea of the outcome of such an investigation, but the accusation was not an anonymous one. It was made, signed, and notarized by a former official with the Credit Union. So, the accuser is making a pretty strong claim and backing it up with their own name and reputation. So, it’s a lot more than idle rumor, but it still falls to the FBI to get the records and verify the claims.

2) Wendell Young IV was appointed to Sestak’s 7-member transition team in November 2006.
The list, as published in the 11/24/2006 Delco times is:
Bill Walsh (campaign manager, and became head of local district office)
Richard Sestak (brother, worked on campaign)
Elizabeth Sestak (sister, worked on campaign)
Greg Vitali – St Rep
Connie Williams – St. Senator
Scott Jenkins – co-chair of Sestak finance committee
Wendell Young – President of UCFW local 1776

The contention/accusation is that this was some kind of improper political favor, payback, quid-pro-quo for the actions alleged in #1.

3) In July 2009, Sestak announced that he had played a role in helping UCFW negotiate a deal with ACME. The accusation that has been leveled is that this was outside of his district and purview, and was a form of political favoritism to Wendell Young and the UCFW.

ACME Market’s Center of Operations is located in the 6th congressional district and UCFW Local 1776’s main office is the 13th district. There are also some rules governing the use of resources, specifically the House Ethics manual warns that Members: “should not devote official resources to casework for individuals who live outside the district”. Also, that House Members “should be aware of the appearance of impropriety that could arise from championing the causes of contributors and take care not to show favoritism to them over other constituents.”

Basically, the accusations allege a pattern of behavior resulting from the initial (and more serious) accusation of #1. If Sestak reciprocated with #2 and #3, then it’s a bit more serious.

#2 and #3 are a matter of public record. It would probably take a federal warrant to verify the claims in #1 (although Joe did vote for warrantless wiretapping).

I won’t speak about #’s 1 or 2 (though they seem to be a bit of some wacky conspiracy theory voodoo because of the strict bookkeeping that unions go through to stay within their charters and in the LM2 reports that are filed monthly to the Federal government… we’d have to see real evidence and not just speculation), but #3 is pure hogwash. Sestak has many employees of ACME markets who live in his district and it’s in the interests of the people in his district to raise the economic standards of the people who live there.

I’m supporting Specter in the primary, but it’s complete BS to throw around baseless charges like have been tossed around by HateSestak short of some convincing evidence. Toomey can be taken down by either Sestak or Specter if they campaign on ideas (Toomey has none) The FBI will presumable make it public if they find anything worthy of official charges.

David, if that’s the case, I assume you won’t be voting for Specter because he voted for all of those things. Oh wait, you’ll vote for whoever the Democrat machine tells you to vote for! Toomey is for the rich? Good. He won’t steal all my money then. Give me my money back, David. Give it back to me now! Feed your own kids, don’t expect me to do it, ok? I shouldn’t be held responsible because you made a failure out of your life. You Democrats should wear a ski mask when you raid the people’s bank account for your stupid social programs to help the poor. But, it’s never enough. No matter how much money you steal, it’s never enough. You always demand more and more and more. And, really, it does’t matter. Specter is going to get stomped by Toomey. Everyone knows this. I’m sure even you know it, but you don’t want to admit it so you claim ever poll that shows him down 10-15 points is somehow flawed. Socialism is a dying idealogy David. Realize that now.

Ed H: Tell you what, why don’t you and other skeptics confront Representative Sestak concerning Mr. Diano’s allegations? If you are so convinced that this is baseless, you won’t hesitate to publicly ask your beloved Representative whether he is aware of any ongoing federal inquiries involving him. Just ask. Better yet, ask Sestak’s opponents if they are aware of any such inquiries. Do you really believe that Mr. Diano would disseminate this information (and Mr. Hirschhorn would permit the dissemination of this information) if there were not SOME truth to it?

Of course, you are more than welcome to check FEC records for yourself, “Ed.” Any contributions listed from Wendell Young IV to Sestak in 2006 or 2008? No? Isn’t it odd that a member of Sestak’s transition team in 2006 didn’t contribute any funds to him? Isn’t it odd that the man who nominated Sestak last weekend didn’t contribute any funds to Sestak in 2006 or 2008?

More importantly, “Ed” – why hasn’t the supposedly law-abiding Sestak addressed these persistent rumors? If there is no credence to these allegations whatsoever, he should not hesitate to debunk them. He hasn’t done so – nor will he. But don’t worry “Ed” – congressional investigators will be revealing key details soon enough. Ta Ta.

Are the quotation marks supposed to mean that my first name isn’t Ed? LOL!

Wendell Young may not have personally contributed money to Sestak’s campaign, but if he swung the endorsements of his union and the AFL-CIO and Federal PAC money to Sestak, then tossing something as inconsequential as a spot on a congessional seat transition team is not much to get upset about short of concrete evidence to the contrary. Corporate execs do this all the time for their candidates in both parties.

I’m not even saying the allegations are untrue. I’m saying that there’s little evidence supporting them as yet. I’m not ready to convict anyone in pubic without proof.

Dick Morris hasn’t called a race right in 15 years and he’s the “expert” that RSC gets to tell them how to capture victories in 2010? Come on! He was on in late October 2008 saying that McCain would in PA. What a joke!

Specter will defeat Sestak by 20 points and then win a squeaker over Toomey. PA is a light blue state, and Specter is the king of moderate centrism, which is where the majority of voters reside on the spectrum.

Republicans Still for Specter:

I think you called this one pretty well. Toomey is campaigning against jobs and for the excesses of Wall Street and the financial markets that caused the recession.

Ed H-
I agree that this is a matter for the FBI to investigate, since a formal complaint/affidavit has been filed. I can’t verify the allegations in #1, other than that they’ve been made.
I disagree that Sestak can take down Toomey. Sestak is too disorganized and amateurish in his campaign style and unable to scale up his mom & pop bunker style to a statewide campaign.

James-
“vote for whoever the Democrat machine tells you”??? First of all, it’s “whomever”. Second, I would have supported any other Dem candidate over Sestak, even if “the machine” had picked Sestak.
Socialism? Stealing your money? Do you drive on any roads? Do you want your environment polluted?Do you think we should pay for a military? Do you think it’s fair that the super-rich pay only 15% of their investment income in taxes while the rest of us pay 25%-35% of our income in taxes? Do you think the government should let the poor starve and die because the Bush administration failed to properly regulate the economy and people like Toomey help the rich suck out money from the system and increase poverty?
You really seem to hate a lot of America.
I’m well aware that that Toomey is up by 9 points in the past two Rasmussen polls. However, Toomey’s unknowns are so high that almost any unnamed Republican might poll as well. Try polling people on the following question: “How liberal/conservative is Pat Toomey on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most conservative?” Toomey’s probably an 11 (going beyond what most people would consider a 10). However, I expect that he’s probably get scores around 6 to 8 now. When Specter’s done with him, the scores will be in the 8-10 range.

Hater-
Hold on: “Mr. Diano’s allegations”?? These aren’t MY allegations. I’m merely explaining the allegation that have been reported to the FBI. The only “truth” I’m disseminating is that allegations have been submitted to the FBI by someone in a position of knowledge.
As for why Sestak doesn’t address them, (besides the obvious desire to hide them if they are true) if they were false, he might not feel the need to give them attention by addressing them.
It’s like if someone accused him of wearing ladies underwear. What’s he going to do, hold a press conference and drop his pants?
There is no solid conclusion one can draw from Sestak’s silence on these matter. Considering the buffoonery of his campaign’s quotes for the media on simpler matters, he’s probably wise to keep his mouth shut, even if he’s innocent for fear of coming off guilty or insincere.

Ed H-
If Wendell Young swung money to the Sestak campaign illegally (laundered through others or under the table), then it would be a bit deal. The appointment to the transition team seems unusual without a strong prior relationship.
I’m still awaiting proof, which may come after the primary. After the way the Weldon raid was handled in 2006, the FBI may be hesitant to act prior to an election.

Republicans Still For Specter-
Morris is a big old windbag spouting whatever will get him the biggest paycheck with conservatives.
I think you are right on your prediction.

Did not mean to suggest that these were your allegations, Mr. Diano. Obviously, you are merely imparting information you have received. At any rate, the question remains: are Democrats going to collectively stand idly by and wait for these serious accusations to surface in the mainstream press? Will the malfeasance of Representative Sestak and Wendell Young IV undermine the Democratic Party as a whole? The economic environment alone is a major obstacle to success. A major scandal would essentially be the death knell of the Democratic Party in PA. Sestak has become a political liability – a liability that the Democratic Party in PA can ill-afford.

Dick Morris? The PAGOP is in prime position to retake the governor’s office, both chambers of the General Assembly, a couple of House seats, and a Senate seat, and the best they could get for its premier event is Dick Morris? Dick Morris makes a living on his name…a name he gained by marginalizing Republicans (before he was caught with a prostitute, of course). Nice job PAGOP! Very classy.

David Diano-

Assuming that the UFCW didn’t launder the money, Young being named to a transition team isn’t a huge deal because he’s the leader of a sizeable union in the region. If Wendell Young went and helped campaign for Sestak in 2006, helped to garner endorsements and otherwise helped to get the guy elected, then the hullaboo would be over nothing. So, the only thing that could make any of it look shady is that there would have to be money laundering. And that would still go back on Mr. Young and not Mr. Sestak, because Sestak would not be a party to how the UFCW’s credit union operated it’s bonus programs to officers.

David Diano, Your lengthy post, while enjoyable for sheer comedic relief, lead one to conclude that you have a large amount of time on your hands. Are you, like most far leftist,
A. A community organizer?
B. Work for a non-profit that is funded by the Government?
C. A college professor?
D. A union official
E. Unemployed?

Ed H-
I agree. However, the allegations also imply that some money was “off the books” and not reported by Sestak campaign. This is why the FBI needs to check all the records and interview witnesses.

On a related note, Sestak’s 4th quarter FEC report finally got posted online. Notably missing are travel expenses such as air, gas, and toll for Sestak. There are a bunch of Amtrak trips in Nov and Dec, but what are completely unaccounted are two round trips to Pittsburgh by Sestak. Sestak was in Pittsburgh Oct 3rd, then back in Philly region on the 4th and 5th, and then out in Pittsburgh again on Oct 6th.
The tolls are $20 each way, so that’s $80. And two round trips are about 1200 miles, which has got to cost $120 to $140 in gas. Yet, there is no corresponding travel expense. How was it paid for? I hope it wasn’t using the Sestak’s congressional travel budget.
There is nothing for food/beverages at the office, which is pretty unusual seeing how snacks, bottled water and the occasional late-night pizza are standard fare at every campaign I’ve ever seen. So, either the Sestak campaign has a empty kitchen, or they are relying entirely upon in-kind contributions (which are not appearing in the FEC reports) or they are getting everything from Staples and BJ’s and labeling it as “office supplies”.

Other interesting notes about the FEC report. The campaign spend about $70,000 on payroll with about $28,000 (40%) going to Sestak’s three siblings. The campaign’s single largest expense was $28,800 at the end of October for a “survey”. The campaign also spent $20,000 on postage. $13,500 on rent. $9,600 in act blue processing fees. $3,900 on phones. $3,100 on buttons (which I estimate to be 15,000 buttons). $24,000 in taxes (payroll?) $6,500 to The Campaign Group for consulting.

95 South-
I just multitask while I’m watching TV. As for your choices: F: non of the above. I’m sure you are familiar with “F” and testing.
Let’s try a quiz for you: Do you have a naked picture hanging over your bed with the head replaced with:
A) Sarah Palin?
B) Michelle Bachmann?
C) Ann Coulter?
D) Sean Hannity?
E) Dick Cheney?

David, please do not mock my personal educational failings, as I relied on the PSEA dominated, Pennsylvania Public Educational System to educate me.

Does your TV ever leave MSNBC? I, do at least watch MSLSD and the Communist News Network a few times a day.

As for photo’s, I am more modest, than your free thinking suggestion. I do however have a portrait of Ronald Wilson Reagan framed in my custom wood paneled, deep plushed carpeted study, with a fully equiped Cognac and Cigar Bar, the fruits of my personal labors from the benefits of a free market economy.

It seems that you are fixated on Mr. Sestak, in a Keith Obermann, psychotic rant kind of way. It will all be for naught when Pat Toomey wins.

Tag, your it……

95 South-
I watch a lot more Fox than MSNBC to see where the GOP spin machine is heading and see how far they are willing to distort the truth.

Considering that I went to school in PA as well, I’d have to place your educational failing squarely on your own shoulders.
It is the picture of Reagan shirtless on the beach?
If you want to last until election day, you might want to cut back on smoking and drinking. Try not to drink before posting, and without the smoke filling the air (and depriving your brain of oxygen) you might learn to see more clearly.

Toomey can only win if voters don’t realize what a far-Right loon he is who would double-down on the bad policies that caused the economic crisis in the first place.
Unless you are a Wall Street banker, voting for Toomey is voting against your own interests.

David
You ought to remember that the siblings have been known to skip meals and the staff probably buy their own food, plus a few volunteers may contribute inkind donations. Joe Sestak’s one fault is that he’s myopic enough to forget that people without his beneficial genetic mutation for stamina need to sleep and eat.

Gary Ritterstein, the Communications Director for Sestak for Senate, has abruptly “left” his position, according to The Morning Call and other sources. Rather odd for a Communications Director to exit just as a primary battle is getting underway. Rather odd indeed. Of course, Mr. Ritterstein undoubtedly came to the realization that Representative Sestak’s political career is in jeopardy. Other Sestak campaign officials will reportedly follow suit in the near future. Soon, the “Admiral” will be reduced to his embattled siblings. Assuming, that is, that his siblings are not preparing to abandon him as well…

LMJ-
I learned only a few weeks ago at a seminar about fundraising that even those in-kind contributions are supposed to get recorded. Back in 2006, the campaign got a bunch of used computers from some Center City law firm. I have no idea if they were ever entered as in-kind contributions.
I think Joe has a lot more than “one” fault. He seems to have an allergy to honorable behavior since he got out of the Navy.

Hater-
I read that about Gary Ritterstein. The interesting thing is that the email notification came shortly after 3am Saturday. He even updated his Facebook status at that time with “Gary Ritterstein is back in DC!!!”
Sestak’s already lost staffers from Pittsburgh. Jason Henry already quit. Now he’s got REPUBLICAN, Pam Iovino to run that office. Opening was supposed to be around 10 am last Tuesday, but got postponed (emails sent at noon that day) until this Tuesday. Of course, this Tuesday is Jack Murtha’s funeral so it got moved to 2pm, and his Women’s event out there is now 2:45 to 3:45pm. Don’t know if this week’s snow storm will interfere.

David, this may surprise you, but I am the son of a Union Steelworker, who instilled in me the responsibilty to provide for myself and my family without having to rely on the Government, which is why my dad, who became a Reagan Democrat, if he were still here, be a Republican.

My seeing clearly involves a smaller Federal Government, reliance on the individual to strengthen the community, and therfor the country, and the belief that the less the Federal Government does, the better of the country is.

Ronald Reagan’s photo is is a suit and tie, which he never stepped into the Oval Office without, compare that to another guy who smoked cigars, who also was President.

95 South-
It’s the Government (under Dems) that supports workers having collective bargaining rights and forming Unions.
Under Bush, the government did less in their oversight role and the country suffered.

WARNING FOR THOSE ALLERGIC TO THE FACTS….

Here’s a picture of Reagan working in the Oval office, behind the desk, not only without jacket or tie, but while wearing jeans:
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2009/02/that_bush_oval_office_jacket_t.php

I hope that you will take the time to correct this “always suit and tie” myth to your friends who may have been as misinformed and ignorant as yourself (about an issue YOU seem to think is so critical the the job of being President).
Or are you going to go around complaining the Reagan disrespected the office by going their in casual clothes? You can’t have it both ways.

Funny to think that anyone who works hard for a living, like a Steelworkers union guy who probably either worked the steel mills or the oil refineries in this part of the state (Southeastern Pa) would want anything to do with Reagan, seeing how he tried to take everything away from working people.

Ed H. my father valued his FREEDOMS, which do not come from any organization, but is a birthright from the Constitution. I know that these ideals area a roadblock to the Leftist agenda, and that these timeless principles seem antiquated to the “Progressives”, but Ronald Reagan spoke to these ideals in the framework of his abiding faith in indivudual Americans to conduct their business without the interference of a Super Nanny State.

David, your correction is noted, as I also note that you did not address the fact that West Wing Willie had it both ways, clothed and unclothed, in his Oval Office Oral Odyssey.

95 South-
The recent thing with the jacket was that Andy Card, the Bushies (and of course Fox commentators) where “outraged” because Obama was disrespecting the office. Which just goes to show how petty they are and trying to distract from the real issues.
As for FREEDOMS, what freedoms are you being denied? The progressive (Leftist) agenda is (and has been) to give minority and the disenfranchised a level playing field and the equal rights that is their “birthright”.
Blacks now count as 1 person (not 3/5). Blacks can vote. Women can vote. There are anti-discrimination laws to protect people. It’s only been 40 years since bans on inter-racial marriages were overturned. Now, progressives are helping gays serve in the military and get married and enjoy those FREEDOMS that you take for granted.
Some conservative Republicans are opposed to publicly funded schools, as though it’s not the government’s job to educate its citizens.

You guys seem more upset by Clinton getting a BJ than his wife. Get over it. Clinton respected the job by fighting to reduce unemployment and deficits and improve the lives of poor and middle class.
Reagan ignored the problem of AIDS, supported Apartheid (and regarded Nelson Mandela as a terrorist), cut funding for student loans, declared ketchup a vegetable (when he cut student lunch programs), rolled back environmental protections, exploded the national debt, and worked to reverse the separation of Church and State.
Reagan has is admirers, but he was a terrible President who I found to be quite an embarrassment (though by comparison, he was tons better than George W.)

David, it now is no surprise that you are creeping on young male college students….

95 South-
First of all, when I look up a debate opponent, I don’t know in advance the age (or in some cases sex as I thought Taj was a girl’s name). That’s the point of looking someone up. Duh.

So, you don’t need to worry about me horning in on your action with young college males.

Dave, that seems to be your style, not mine, and as Jerry Seinfeld would say” Not that there’s anything wrong with that”

I am proposing for your benefit Dave, on the beloved 2010 Board, A Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy, so that you can be free to continue to post, in spite of your own personal peccadillos of seeking and creeping upon poor unsuspecting folks like Taj, and any others that you may have created your own personal dossier on. Dave, for a lefty, you seem very Hooverian and Nixonian. You could fit right in working for Chavez!!!

The only benefit to this, is watching the intramural squabble between you and Taj, and Dave, please keep it “No Contact”.

This will be heightened as the General Election approaches, and the Far Left continues to tin ear the majority of the people, who are against the attempt to shift the country to a socialist footing, and the moderate Dems, who have some sense, see their ultimate demise.

LMJ-
“Joe Sestak’s one fault is that he’s myopic enough to forget that people without his beneficial genetic mutation for stamina need to sleep and eat.” What are you…in love with the man?!? Or better yet…how much did he pay you to say that?

David Diano-
I’d like to know more about the Sestak allegations that you mentioned. They sound VERY SERIOUS to me! He appears quiet unprincipled. I strongly believe that the public should know about these allegations. There is a primary going on. Obviously people won’t contribute to him or vote for him, if he’s being investigated by the FBI (or if a close ally / confidant / transition team member is too).

Clearly, Sestak should drop out of the Senate race. (He doesn’t stand any chance of winning anyway!)

There is a Democrat in Chester County??

95 South – Sure, that’s why State Senator Andrew Dinniman, a liberal Democrat, was elected twice in Chester County. Demographics are changing.

Chesco Dem – I share your concerns about Sestak. Why hasn’t he addressed this issue yet? I saw the rumor about an FBI investigation on another site. If its not true, if he isn’t under investigation, then why not come forward and deny it? The more this gets out, the more harm it does to the Democratic Party.

Yes, we do exist. We were removed from the Endangered List years ago.

Did the good Senator win on the strength of the Mushroom voters?

95 South-
Oooh.. “personal dossier”.
It’s kind of funny because, I’m here posting under my own name, and all sorts of people (okay, one sort: Sestak supporters) have come out with all sorts of trash and personal stories about me. Some I’ve debunked and some I’ve embraced as badges of honor.
Looking up someone’s PUBLIC profile on Facebook is pretty standard. It doesn’t even qualify as “research”. Now, hacking their password and reading their email.. that would be creepy. (BTW, that guy from Nigeria seems nice to share his fortune with you. You should call him.)

Chesco Dem-
Sestak is a hard-working, driven guy. No doubt about it. Part of the reason though is that he’s so inefficient and mistakes quantity for quality (and hopes others make the same mistake).
The allegations have been made, and submitted to the FBI the Office of Congressional Ethics. However, I can’t verify if the allegations were taken seriously, investigated, acquitted, dismissed or confirmed.

One theory for staying in is that (if allegations are true) that FBI is holding back until after Sestak loses the primary. They don’t want to get accused of interfering with an election (like they got accused in 2006 with Weldon).
Another theory is Sestak’s staying in and using it as leverage to cut a deal.
Then, there is the theory that Sestak is just raising money for his legal defense.
Or Sestak may feel he can ride out the charges (if any) or there isn’t enough evidence beyond hearsay.
Of course, there is the “innocent until proven guilty” theory that says he hasn’t even been charged with a crime (accused, yes, but not charged). In that case, he’s got little reason to respond (although this little discussion here may prompt him to address the issue).

As for beating a dead horse by staying in the race (assuming no investigation), there are several reasons:
- Sestak’s ego/hubris may convince him he can win
- Supporters (or Specter detractors) that also mistakenly believe Sestak can win, giving the campaign false hope that more feel that way.
- A complete misread of Mass, PA politics and the political climate.
- Possibility, however remote, that Specter takes ill, so Joe is positioned to be the candidate by default.
- Stepping stone to higher office
- Getting on short list to replace Specter, if governor needs to make that decision.

As for the harm to the Dem party, I foresee more harm if Sestak continues in office and gets taken down later, or gets to vote for more war in the meantime. The ideal times to get rid of Sestak (for the Dem party) are either right after he loses the primary, or right after the Nov 2010 elections, or once his term expired in Jan 2011.
Is it worth the short term hit to take down Sestak before the primary if it saves millions of dollars?

Dave, I have not, and will not engage in any of those activities. My only weapons are a love for my country, and the use of humor and irony.