Pennsylvania Primary

PA-Pres: 52% Opponent (R), 42% Obama (D) (PPP 10/31)

Huffington Post | Brad J Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

PPP 10/30-31/10 772 Likely voters (3.5% margin of error), including 283 Likely GOP primary voters (5.8% margin of error) Mode: Automated phone (PPP PD...

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Philly Dems Lean On Tactic Shunned By Obama To Get Sestak Elected

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Sestak's Senatorial hopes depend in large part on his ability to turn out the vote in Philadelphia's largely Democratic neighbor...

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Arlen Specter Remains A Political Survivor A Year After Becoming A Democrat

Politics Daily | Jill Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Sen. Arlen Specter, who left the Republican Party exactly a year ago to become a Democrat, recently signaled another shift, this on...

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Joe Hoeffel, Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidate Calls for Moratorium on Gas-Drilling

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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Dimock, PA - April 12, 2010 - Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate, Montgomery County Commissioner and former congressman, Joe Hoeffel (D), spent the ...

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Sestak Scandal Is Business As Usual, Say Historians -- Which May Be Obama's Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

With Reporting By Julian Hattem As the Republican Party works itself into a lather over the Obama administration's offer of a job to Rep. Joe Sestak...

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Leaving the Party: The Journey of Arlen Specter

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Yes, the right wing Republicans, who have so destroyed the soul of a party, are right. Arlen Specter never left the Democratic Party. It was the reasons he never left, his commitment to hope, promise and protection, that elude them.

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What's Next for Arlen Specter?

Dana Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Now that Specter has lost his job, we shouldn't expect him to go quietly into retirement. At 80, he could still have a fruitful career as a grocery store bagger or Washington lobbyist.

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For Primary Losers, An Independent Future?

HuffingtonPost.com | Bill Lucey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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With election results showing convincing wins for Democrat Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania and Republican Rand Paul in Kentucky, some hard analysis awaits ...

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Eight Lessons From Tuesday's Primaries

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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First and foremost, the results from Tuesday night were very bad news for the Republican leadership. Lesson #2: Dance with the ones that brung ya. Voters don't like people who they think have abandoned their core beliefs.

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What May Says About November

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Tuesday night doesn't tell us what will happen in November. But it does tell us what won't happen. The Republicans aren't going to walk away with this thing. Not without a fight.

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Pennsylvania Senate Primary RESULTS

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Follow the latest news and discussion about the 2010 Pennsylvania Senate race below. Email TwitterLists2010+PASen@gmail.com if you know someone who ...

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For Arlen, the Specter of Abandonment

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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"Uh, yes, this is Arlen Specter for the president. He told me to call him anytime -- it's quite important."

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Specter Turns To Ground Game To Avoid Coakley-Like Defeat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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With Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) positioned to potentially lose his first election in more than 40 years, he is drawing parallels to another Senate D...

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Democrats And Republicans Could Both Face Major Primary Backlash

Time Magazine | Jay Newton-Small | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The proposition that the Tea Party could tear apart the GOP will be tested in primaries this week -- nowhere more so than in Kentucky, where Tea Party...

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Arlen Specter Poll: Senator Leads Joe Sestak And Pat Toomey

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) now leads both his Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak, and Republican Pat Toomey, in a general election match-u...

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Sestak Ties Specter To Palin In Latest Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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In her short time on the public stage, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has proven to be an enormously polarizing figure both in her own runs for of...

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Joe Sestak, Senate Candidate, Starts Taking On Democratic Leadership

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Hoping to gain further ground in the nation's most hotly-contested Democratic primary, Rep. Joe Sestak, (D-Penn.) has begun criticizing his own party'...

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Specter Accuses Sestak Of Being AWOL In Congress (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The Democratic primary to watch in the 2010 elections is already heating up, with Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) releasing a minute-long web ad attacking ...

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Joe Sestak Confirms He Will Challenge Specter In Primary

The Wayne Independent | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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A congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs will challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. In an interview with The Wayne I...

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Sestak: Obama Can't Stop Me From Challenging Specter

The Plumline | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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In another sign of his determination to challenge Arlen Specter in the 2010 Democratic primary, Joe Sestak just told me in an interview that not even ...

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Sotomayor's Nomination Reveals Obama's Biggest Mistake

Jesse Berney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Following Sonia Sotomayor's nomination of to the Supreme Court today, two U.S. Senators issued the following statements.

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Is Specter in a Primary Fight? Yes!

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Time will tell if Congressman Sestak makes his move against Pennsylvania's newest Democratic senator. But his options are disappearing quickly.

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Specter Faces Revolt From Pennsylvania Progressives, Poll Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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A poll of progressive grassroots Pennsylvanians shows heavy support for a primary challenge to newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter. The Pennsylvania ...

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Wanted: A Pennsylvania Ned Lamont to Defeat Arlen Specter in 2010 Democratic Primary

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Pennsylvania needs a Democratic Senator from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.

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Democratic Pennsylvania Primary? Progressives Want Specter Challenge

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Democratic heavyweights are lining up to support their newest colleague, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, in his re-election bid next year. ...

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