Ex GOP Senator Hagel Endorses Sestak

[blue neen]

"Former Sen. Chuck Hagel said he voted straight Republican when he cast his first vote, filling out the absentee form on the back of a tank in Vietnam.

The Nebraska Republican crossed party lines yesterday as he endorsed< fellow veteran Joe Sestak in the Pennsylvania Senate race.

Mr. Hagel joined Mr. Sestak at a Mt. Washington press conference, arguing that the Democratic nominee's independence gives him the potential to be part of a new governing coalition of both parties in Washington.

It was the second time in a week that the Democrat had showcased a cross-party endorsement, promoting an image of independence at a time when polling suggests that both major parties are held in low esteem by voters. Mr. Sestak joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, at a similar event last week in Philadelphia, where he was to return this afternoon for a reprise of the Hagel endorsement."

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10236/1082295-100.stm#ixzz0xa7t8zZL

[howaboutme]

1. Traditional alliances

are going out the window and that includes Democrats and liberals. Vote individuals not the party.

Democrats are as likely to be aligned with corporatists and military industrialists and are not always aligned with progressives and that needs to be exposed when relevant.

[blue neen]

2. I'd say that Pat Toomey is the corporatist in the PA Senate race.

JMHO.