Website created to keep track of Specter's key votes.

[Number9Dream]

http://www.keystoneprogress.org/page/content/spscore/

[T Wolf]

1. It is useless to try and "influence" this piece of shit. He is and has always been a

reich-winger pretending to be thoughtful and moderate.

Any democrat who supports him is a traitor to the ideals of the party - at least, the ideals the party should stand for.

Any democrat who supports him will never get any support from me again.

We need real Democrats, not rejects from the pukes.

[Number9Dream]

2. Sestak voted with Democratic colleagues 97.2% of the time

Some DUers have criticized Rep. Sestak for being a "blue dog", etc., but offered nothing to back those statements. Sestak is clearly not as well known as Specter, but he is clearly far more liberal. Just a few points:

Joe Sestak has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 97.2% of the time during the current Congress. Does anyone think that Specter will come close to that record?

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s001169/

Only PA Congressman to have 100 % rating from the League of Conservation Voters, PennEnvironment, and has been endorsed by the Sierra Club.

http://joesestak.com

Sestak supports Healthcare Coverage for all Americans:
While affordable and accessible preventive care is so essential to reducing the overall costs of healthcare, we must also provide healthcare to all Americans through a system that is cost effective for families, businesses and providers.

http://joesestak.com/issues/health-security

Sestak, who had served as a three-star Admiral and who spent thirty-one years in the Navy is one of seventeen veterans in Congress who are co-sponsors of legislation to lift the ban on openly gay service.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS144555+05-May-2008+PRN20080505

[JPZenger]

3. What happens if Specter gets sick again, and Santorum fills his seat?

There are some strong Republican candidates for governor. What happens if Specter gets reelected, becomes too ill to serve, and that governor appoints Rick Santorum to fill the seat?

[JPZenger]

4. Good Column on Sestak

Sestak just sent out a fundraiser letter about his Senate run. He would love for people to be able to contribute before June 30th so he can publicly show widespread popular support for his run.


http://openleft.com/diary/13675/sestak-challenge-becomes-even-more-likely

"Sestak is an extraordinarily relentless campaigner--I have honestly never seen anyone better than him on this front. His constituent services are, from what I understand, possibly the best in the entire Congress. His biography and resume are difficult, if not impossible, to match. Further, he is significantly more progressive than Specter according to all voting scorecards Also, despite the standing ovations in front of the party leadership, there was a stronger anti-Specter undercurrent at the state Democratic committee this weekend then I think most news reports are indicating. You are talking about hundreds of people who spent thirty years trying to defeat Specter, after all.

I don't think many people are Democrats just for the sake of Democrats accumulating more power. People become Democrats because of the causes and ideals represented by the party. An octogenarian Senator who switched parties to save his job and who fails to cross even the bare minimum threshold on many of these causes and ideals is simply not why people are Democrats. The insider relationship that Governors and other high ranking party officials care about are irrelevant to the rank and file. In a campaign this high profile, most high ranking endorsements won't matter much, either. People want cheaper health care, and they don't want elections decided for them behind closed doors."