http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sestak/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:31:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283398/posts A congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs will challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. In an interview with The Wayne Independent Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa.,confirmed his intention to run against Specter, a long-time Republican who switched to the Democratic party earlier this year. “I am going to get into the race against Arlen Specter ... for senator,” said Sestak in his first media interview as part of a three-week tour through all of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties. Wayne County was his first stop where he met with local Democrats prior to his interview with... Wayne Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283398/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281893/posts Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak stands on the precipice of not only taking on U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in a Democratic primary, but beating him. Numerous polls back up that scenario; the only thing that stands in the way is his "official" announcement. Without the announcment, Markos Moulitsas, editor of the left-leaning DailyKos.com political blog, said he can't raise money for Sestak. The Daily Kos was instrumental in the insurgent candidacy of Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont in the 2006 Democratic primary election against incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman. The blog began a netroots phenomenon that gave Lamont a legitimate resume, daily message... Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281893/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280813/posts Sen. Arlen Specter continues to pick up support from Democratic party leaders across Pennsylvania. However, a new poll indicates that the five-term incumbent has not convinced a majority of Pennsylvania voters that he should be re-elected. According to a new Franklin & Marshall poll released Thursday, only 28 percent of registered voters in Pennsylvania think Specter should be re-elected. That number is down from 40 percent in March, a month before Specter's "conversion" to the Democratic Party. Back then, roughly half the voters in each party said that Specter was doing an excellent or good job in the Senate. The... The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280813/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:52:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261636/posts President Obama is suddenly seizing on the role of Democratic kingmaker, stepping in to protect or promote colleagues in Congress. Early after his election victory, Obama did not expend political capital on congressional races, but in recent weeks he has sought to lengthen his coattails by protecting vulnerable Democratic lawmakers facing tough election races in 2010. From sharing credit on key legislation to fundraising pitches, the new president has bolstered his party members not just in coming general election campaigns but also helping them avoid rough primary battles as well. And with Obama’s popularity still high throughout the country, many... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261636/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 15:52:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258269/posts Word out of Washington is that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the political wise-guys from the Obama administration plan on "visiting with" Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak. Their objective? A clear message: Get off of the stage and out of a possible primary race against "incumbent" Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter. "I have received a call from DSCC chair Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey," admitted Sestak in an interview. "But we keep missing each other." Probably a good thing for both men at this moment: Sestak has no inclination to be pushed out of a race and Menendez's marching... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258269/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 12:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245172/posts Link Only:http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20090505_Weldon_probe_may_be_over____without_indictment.html Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245172/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 09:37:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240937/posts Not all Pennsylvania Democrats are down with Arlen Specter. Though the party-switching senator has the support of President Obama and Gov. Ed Rendell, at least two potential candidates are leaving open the door to challenge Specter in the 2010 Democratic primary. Rep. Joe Sestak, who's been a prolific fundraiser, is considering defying party leaders and running against Specter despite Tuesday's hoopla, though he told FOXNews.com on Wednesday, "I have not made up my mind on it." Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240937/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:07:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240684/posts Sen. Arlen Specter has lost the trust of Pennsylvania voters after his "betrayal," Former Rep. Pat Toomey told FOX News on Wednesday, saying he's not even certain the five-time senator will be the Democratic nominee after Specter's self-proclaimed hide-saving party shift on Tuesday. Toomey, who is now the favorite in the GOP primary, said he's "confident" he can represent the state in the U.S. Senate. "I'm not sure how much Pennsylvania voters are going to trust him," Toomey said. "He just demonstrated that his political career is more important than those principles." Toomey was narrowly defeated by Specter in the... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240684/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:46:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049142/posts What was Joe Sestak D-PA saying? That Obama never said what we know what Obama said that he didn't say to pull troops out of Iraq? Sestak statements supporting Obama did not make any sense. Did anyone catch the Sestak segment on Fox and what he was trying to say ...with clarity? The guy is a piece of work. Hannity Colmes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049142/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013049/posts It was particularly memorable, Craig Williams said, the night he almost died.Williams, 44, is a Concord resident, and, among many other accomplishments, is a former federal prosecutor and the endorsed Republican candidate for the 7th Congressional seat, U.S. Congress, House of Representatives. The year of his near death was 1991, it was the dead of winter and he was flying across the icy North Atlantic with his squadron, the VMFA(AW)-121 Green Knights. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, flying as a Weapons and Sensor Officer in the back seat of a two-seater F/A-18D Hornet, on... Press Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013049/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 15:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006864/posts Professional GOP operative Pete Peterson saw a lot of potential Tuesday. With a 60 percent Democratic voter turnout in the hotly contested Pennsylvania presidential primary election compared to just 26 percent for Republicans in Delaware County, Republican challenger W. Craig Williams was able to secure 39,707 votes in the race for the 7th Congressional District, a seat currently held by freshman Democrat Joseph Sestak, of Edgmont. Williams, 43, of Concord, secured 51,703 votes overall when lumping in the portion of Chester and Montgomery counties that fall into the 7th District. Sestak, 56, garnered 64,809 votes in the county and 89,041... Daily Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006864/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:48:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956807/posts DELAWARE COUNTY Republicans have endorsed a federal prosecutor and decorated veteran of the first Gulf War to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak in this year's 7th Congressional District race. W. Craig Williams, who resigned this week as an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia to run for office, got the nod last night from GOP leaders to take on Sestak, a retired Navy admiral serving his first term in Congress. He secured the party's endorsement without a vote. No other Republican candidates came forward at the Paxon Hollow Country Club. "Hopefully," Williams said, "the election in November goes about that... The Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956807/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919753/posts Dozens of pro-life activists gathered on the steps of the Delaware County Courthouse to protest the abortion policy of freshman Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.). The pro-lifers, brought together through the Pro-Life Coalition of Delaware County, marched from the courthouse on West Front Street in Media past the Planned Parenthood headquarters on West State Street and toward the congressman's district office on North Jackson Street. Their concern centered on what they see as a contradiction between Rep. Sestak's avowed Catholic faith and his unmitigated support for abortion since his election to Congress last year. "We're here to save a soul," Fr.... The Bulliten http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919753/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900948/posts Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA), a former US Navy Admiral, recently revealed that he is indifferent about the well-being of US veterans of the Iraq war, that he is either careless or clueless about domestic security concerns, and that he would be grateful if voters dumped him from office. The Democrat and Republican parties apparently do not think such actions warrant even running a viable candidate against Sestak. Is it because Sestak has connections to the powerful Wahhabi Lobby that no one cares? Sestak, along with 3 rabidly anti-US and anti-Semitic activists, were touted as the featured speakers at Philly CAIR's... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900948/posts#comment Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900914/posts Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA), a former US Navy Admiral, recently revealed that he is indifferent about the well-being of US veterans of the Iraq war, that he is either careless or clueless about domestic security concerns, and that he would be grateful if voters dumped him from office. The Democrat and Republican parties apparently do not think such actions warrant even running a viable candidate against Sestak. Is it because Sestak has connections to the powerful Wahhabi Lobby that no one cares? Sestak, along with 3 rabidly anti-US and anti-Semitic activists, were touted as the featured speakers at Philly CAIR's... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900914/posts#comment Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:23:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891226/posts Freshman Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), a retired three-star Navy admiral, has fast developed a reputation for being a temperamental and demanding boss. Thirteen staffers have quit this year, say former aides citing public records. Sestak’s reputation as a difficult manager, which hounded him in the Navy, has followed him to Congress. The Navy Times reported in 2005 that Sestak was relieved from his last post as deputy chief of Naval operations because of “poor command climate.” Now, in running his congressional office, Sestak has imported a measure of military toughness; he is battling a “misguided” culture in Washington, said William... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891226/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2007 01:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885182/posts The War on Weldon Gets Scarier, Part II © Jack Cashill WorldNetDaily.com August 21, 2007 This the second in a four part series detailing how and why a collaboration of Democratic activists conspired to unseat Pennsylvania congressman, Curt Weldon, in the November 2006 elections. Read Part 1. I met Congressman Curt Weldon for the first (and only) time in July 2006. He graciously consented to assist me in some research I was doing. I, in turn, was able to help connect some of the dots in the chain of forces aligned against him. All dots led to former national security... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885182/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814015/posts The new member of the U.S. House spoke to a Muslim group. He offered praise as well as some admonishment. Inside the posh Hilton Philadelphia last night, a dinner crowd of several hundred Muslims was full of praise for the political courage it said U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak had shown merely by showing up to speak. Outside the City Avenue hotel, amid Passover week snow flurries, about a dozen Jewish protesters held up signs blasting Sestak for what they said was his nerve in showing up. One sign read, "Say it ain't so, Joe." Sestak, a Democrat from Philadelphia's western... Philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814015/posts#comment Sun, 8 Apr 2007 15:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813820/posts Here is a copy of the speech Congressman Joe Sestak should give (but won’t) at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet Saturday. I am honored to be here today -- despite what some people are saying -- and to have the chance to talk to you all about something that concerns us all. That thing, is terrorism. And, lately, some people in this country seem to think we have less and less reason to be concerned about it. It has been six years since the infamous 9/11 attacks engineered by Osama bin Laden and al Qaida. ---snip-- If you... Delco Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813820/posts#comment Sun, 8 Apr 2007 01:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813221/posts Why is Congressman and former Navy Vice Admiral Joe Sestak raising funds for CAIR? by Lori Lowenthal Marcus American Congress for Truth, Action Alert, April 6, 2007 Why is a US Congressman helping to raise money for an American Islamic organization of which nearly a dozen associates have verified connections to terrorism? Freshman Congressman and former Navy Vice Admiral Joe Sestak (District 7-PA) obstinately refuses to withdraw from speaking at a CAIR fundraiser in Philadelphia tomorrow, April 7th. CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, has a lengthy dossier proving it has had and continues to have associated with it... Israpundit.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813221/posts#comment Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:37:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812715/posts Philadelphia Rally against CAIR 4/7/07 Americans Against Hate - Cair Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812715/posts#comment Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805371/posts Give Joe Sestak a break. The freshman congressman is now under fire by critics for agreeing to attend an event sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) on April 7 at the Philadelphia Hilton hotel. This first-time annual banquet's theme is "American Muslims: Connecting & Sharing." Critics allege the organization receives funding from "Wahhabists," a term for certain fundamentalist Muslims. If the Philadelphia chapter of the organization has ties to militant Islam or supports suspected terrorist groups, why hasn't there been prolonged public outcry? The FBI has not said it does, and if CAIR... The Suburban and Wayne Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805371/posts#comment Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:06:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804076/posts Freshman Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) has ignited a controversy after agreeing to be the keynote speaker at an April 7 banquet and fundraiser hosted by the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR is the largest Muslim civil rights group in the country, with 30 chapters nationwide. Jewish organizations and conservative groups have criticized CAIR for not labeling Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations and for not specifically denouncing suicide bombings against Israelis. Sestak's acceptance of the invitation has particularly enraged members of the Philadelphia Jewish community, who bombarded him with critical questions at a two-hour forum last... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804076/posts#comment Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:28:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803661/posts A blundering congressman needs to be called to account for lending his support to a dangerous group Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803661/posts#comment Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:54:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1800375/posts If President Bush’s Iraq strategy succeeds, will Congressman Joe Sestak: A. Admit he was wrong and apologize? B. Insist it has not, and hope the old media follows along? C. Pretend he was never against it in the first place and hope the old media follows along? D. Insist he was right the whole while and that Bush simply got lucky -- and have complete confidence the old media will follow along? www.countypressonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1800375/posts#comment Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:59:49 GMT