If Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) faces a primary challenger in the Pennsylvania Senate race next year, it’s likely to be from Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA). Sestak was considering a run before Specter switched parties, but that development undoubtedly turned his game plan on its head. Now, winning the Democratic nomination will be much harder than it would otherwise have been, but he has a much more compelling raison d’être. Now, if he runs, he’ll be fighting a man who he says is an unreliable steward of Pennsylvania’s interests, and a weak choice for Democratic voters who want a real Democratic senator.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=142961