I support a real progressive against Arlen Specter

Nobody is looking at Torsella because he has 0 name recognition outside of the National Constitution Center. It is magnified by the fact that Rendell won't be backing him in the primary. Hey, I would like to see Torsella succeed as well, but lets be real here, you need to have a name or at least some semblance of a political background to run for Senate and Torsella has neither.

Torsella is out: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090514_Torsella_drops_out_of_U_S__Senate_race.html?cmpid=16339736

I don't know these people. Where did they come from?

no idea!

c'mon sestak, the netroots can 'ned lamont' specter like we did lieberman...

Sestak's not all that progressive. Progressive punch ranks him 158th out of 221 Dems. He ran as an anti-war candidate that would use him military background to bring in votes to hold Bush accountable for the war. Then, Sestak voted to give Bush a blank check on Iraq, without timetable or any other oversight. Sestak also voted to fund Cheney's ... Read Moreoffice, for warrantless wiretaps and telecom immunity.
Sestak has been a borderline "blue dog" and would likely tack to the right for a general election.
He also does NOT share information in coordinated campaigns or reciprocate data and volunteer info with people that shared with him first.
He is terrible to his staff. If he was in any other job, he'd be fired for abuse. Sestak doesn't have the temperament for the Senate nor the voting record nor any real dedication to the Dem party.
Torsella had the guts to jump in, while Sestak kept checking the water temperature.

universal healthcare issue, cardcheck, union support. Just to name a few.

A post I wrote today: http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/05/arlen-specters-new-rules-another-rat.html

I llive in another state, but gave moeny to Al when he ran his truly awful campaign against Coleman, a known crook. For a truly smart guy, Al made some terrible boners.... I'm still pulling for him.. but not enough to fork over any more cash...

I'm in for $100 - last thing we need is another Sore Loserman posing as a dem in the Senate.

Specter was a rubber stamp for Bush whenever he was needed, even though he represents a reliably blue state. He deserves to lose his job, just as Rick Santorum did. I will gladly support a real democrat in the primary.