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PA-Sen: Specter Opposes Afghanistan Escalation, Sestak Supports

By Big Tent Democrat

The progressive bloggers supporting Joe Sestak have an interesting problem on their hands now. Their champion in the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic primary, Rep. Joe Sestak, supports escalation in Afghanistan. (So do I.) Their nemesis, Senator Arlen Specter opposes the Afghanistan escalation. Via Jerome Armstrong, Hotline reports:

Sen. Arlen Specter (D) has staked out Afghanistan as the next issue on which to prove his Dem bona fides after his party switch earlier this year. Specter has come out against a troop buildup in Afghanistan, a position his campaign cites as farther to the left than that of his opponent, Rep. Joe Sestak (D).

Some Sestak supporting bloggers have been prominently opposed to the Afghanistan escalation. In addition, one Sestak supporting blogger has now reversed course on his support for the public option. Is this a harbinger of a Sestak capitulation on the public option? Will Specter left flank Sestak on the public option too? Interesting problem for the Sestak contingent.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 02, 2009 (boomark / email).