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Draft Joe Sestak?

Friday, May 8, 2009

Click here and take the straw poll. The specific question is, "Should a Draft Sestak movement be created to take on Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary?" The broader question is whether the progressive netroots community is enthused - and, if so, to what extent - about a primary challenge to this newly-declared Democrat (possibly in name only). Does the potential exist for a challenge to Specter like the netroots helped organize against Joe Lieberman in Connecticut in 2006?

Anyway, here's your chance to weigh in. Personally, I started off mildly positive about Specter's switch from "R" to "D" but have not been thrilled by several things I've seen since then, including Specter's statement of support for Norm Coleman against Al Franken(!!). More broadly, believe that primaries are almost always healthy for the party, the way we fight for its progressive heart and soul. In that context, I definitely think that a challenge by Joe Sestak to Arlen Specter is at least worth thinking about.