In keeping with my earlier post, here’s a quick run-down of the comparative voting records of Sen. Specter and potential challenger Rep. Sestak. The numbers paint a clear picture: an right-leaning moderate ex-Republican versus a progressive Democrat with an exceptional record on issues that matter. I have done my best to present apples-to-apples comparison, though [...]
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If you’re an incoming Swarthmore freshman, a student who’s on campus early, or a non-student well-wisher in Delaware County, come on by Bryan Lentz’s campaign office in Swarthmore on Thursday night to watch Barack Obama’s speech live from Denver!
With fuel prices being as high as they are, not everybody can afford to make it out [...]
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When Curt Weldon was ousted from office in 2006, the Swarthmore Dems were some of the most pleased, and the most critical in Joe Sestak’s election to the 7th district in his place. Curt Weldon was one of the most sinister Republicans in Congress (and that’s saying a lot nowadays), even being named the 8th [...]
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Craig Williams, the Republican candidate trying to oust our beloved Joe Sestak from the 7th congressional district, raised $280,000 in the second fundraising quarter of 2008. Sestak, the one-term incumbent, raised $436,000 in the same quarter, and has a considerable war chest, $2.59 million.
Sestak is quite popular in the mostly-Republican district, and has spent much [...]
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Swarthmore’s Representative Joe Sestak’s opponent in the upcoming election is starting to make noise:
Craig Williams, a Republican running for Congress against incumbent Joe Sestak (D-Pennsylvania), criticized the incumbent Thursday for opposing permanent extension of a law allowing warrantless wiretapping of perceived terrorist communications overseas…
Mr. Williams, a former federal prosecutor and Marine combat veteran from Concord [...]
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