Pennsylvania 2010 - The Official Thread

[Lunar]

There is no way that was a joke.

What would happen if Specter were to lose the primary?  Would Toomey have a greater chance at winning in the general if Specter were to win?

It depends whether or not the unions support him, IMO, which isn't going to happen if he keeps opposing labor and every item on Obama's agenda

[Ronnie]

or maybe he is that funny?  Here he is doing improv:

Not in a spontaneous interview, Lunar.  Specter was probably practicing for that performance for days or even weeks.

[Lunar]

or maybe he is that funny?  Here he is doing improv:

Not in a spontaneous interview, Lunar.  Specter was probably practicing for that performance for days or even weeks.

but here he is in that exact same interview:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/magazine/10wwln-q4-t.html?ref=magazine


Did you know Dole in your Kansas days?
No. When I moved to Russell in the eighth grade, he was much older, but in the intervening years I’ve pretty much caught up to him.

I assume this was before he was appearing on television in Viagra commercials.
From reliable sources, he did not need Viagra then.

[Landslide Lyndon]

or maybe he is that funny?  Here he is doing improv:

Not in a spontaneous interview, Lunar.  Specter was probably practicing for that performance for days or even weeks.

but here he is in that exact same interview:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/magazine/10wwln-q4-t.html?ref=magazine


Did you know Dole in your Kansas days?
No. When I moved to Russell in the eighth grade, he was much older, but in the intervening years I’ve pretty much caught up to him.

I assume this was before he was appearing on television in Viagra commercials.
From reliable sources, he did not need Viagra then.

And they call Jim Bunning senile?

[Ronnie]

But then again, it didn't even sound like a joke.  Specter doesn't sound like a guy who would adore Franken.  He isn't even that far off ideologically from Coleman (ok, maybe he is a bit different, but I don't understand why he would trash a fellow Jewish Republican).

[Marokai Backbeat]

It's possible it was a joke, if you look at it in context, but it was still really stupid and he should have known it wouldn't have been taken as such.

[Keystone Phil]

The only joke here is Arlen Specter.

[Keystone Phil]

What would happen if Specter were to lose the primary?  Would Toomey have a greater chance at winning in the general if Specter were to win?

The positive for Toomey would be that he doesn't have "'Moderate' blood" on his hands. Sestak would get the blame for that and that would help Toomey. Then again, with Specter putting his foot in his mouth so often these days, I'm beginning to wonder if he's less electable in the General...

[Rowan]

Specter backtracks on Coleman! LOL, this is getting ridiculous. Does this man not have any principles, or does he just make things up as he goes along?

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) reversed himself from comments he made in an interview in which he said he wanted Norm Coleman (R) to prevail in the disputed Minnesota Senate race against Al Franken (D), CQ Politics reports.

Said Specter: "In the swirl of moving from one caucus to another, I have to get used to my new teammates. I'm ordinarily pretty correct in what I say. I've made a career of being precise. I conclusively misspoke."

Asked who he's backing now in elections, Specter said, "I'm looking for more Democratic members. Nothing personal."

[Lunar]

well, that's good to hear.  He just forgot who he was being a hack for.

[Keystone Phil]

This has gotten to a whole new level of insane.

[Speed of Sound]

Who hit the implode button on this guy? Good lord.

[Ronnie]

Translation: I forgot that I am now a Democratic hack.  I'm sorry.

[Dan the Roman]

At least the joke response was plausible. The "I am good friends with Norm" would at least won him pseudo-moderate cred. But saying, "oops, I confused my talking points" has to be the worst explanation ever.

This was a colossal blunder on the part of Obama and Reid.

[Keystone Phil]

This is the best train wreck I've seen in a long, long time.

[Ronnie]

Specter will probably suffer a bit of foot-in-mouth disease from the media for at least a few days.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Is Ridge actually considering running? If so, I'd suddenly become enthusiastic about this race again. He might actually have a chance at defeating Specter in the general if it isn't a big Republican year.

Would he be able to beat Toomey in a primary? Or is he deemed too moderate as well?

[Keystone Phil]

He might actually have a chance at defeating Specter in the general if it isn't a big Republican year.

A big Dem year, you mean?

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He probably wouldn't beat him.

[© tweed]

if Specter loses the Dem primary could he run as an independent?  (unfortunately I seem to recall PA law wouldn't allow this to work)

[Marokai Backbeat]

if Specter loses the Dem primary could he run as an independent?  (unfortunately I seem to recall PA law wouldn't allow this to work)

I don't believe so, no. Otherwise he would have done that in the Republican Primary.

[Keystone Phil]

He cannot run as an Independent after losing a primary for that same office.

[Purple State]

if Specter loses the Dem primary could he run as an independent?  (unfortunately I seem to recall PA law wouldn't allow this to work)

I don't believe so, no. Otherwise he would have done that in the Republican Primary.

Yeah, he doesn't have the same luxury as Lieberman. It would be amusing if he switched to the Dems only to have Sestak pull ahead of him in that primary.

[Lunar]

He cannot run as an Independent after losing a primary for that same office.

Could he run as an Independent for Governor?

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Average Voter:  "So what?  Is anyone going to talk about my job or how I can get health care for my family"

Forum hacks: "OMG THIS IS SO INSANE SPECTER IS TOAST GO TOOMY AND SESTAX!!!"

[Keystone Phil]

He cannot run as an Independent after losing a primary for that same office.

Could he run as an Independent for Governor?

Uh...sure...but Specter lost the desire to run for Governor in the 1970s. He'd never run for that again.

Average Voter:  "So what?  Is anyone going to talk about my job or how I can get health care for my family"

Forum hacks: "OMG THIS IS SO INSANE SPECTER IS TOAST GO TOOMY AND SESTAX!!!"

LOL

I'm a hack because I'm talking about the dynamics of the race? Wow!