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Specter rejected by Pa. Dems in bid for 6th term
So long, Arlen. You don't know how long I've been waiting to write that.
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter has been defeated in a Pennsylvania primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching to the Democratic Party.

Voters Tuesday picked U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and rejected the 80-year-old Specter in his first Democratic campaign since his GOP defection.

Sestak took the podium at a suburban Philadelphia military academy and called the vote a win for the people over the establishment, the status quo and even Washington, D.C.

The vote also was a defeat for President Barack Obama, who supported Specter when he abandoned the Republican Party last year.

The so-called moderate Specter cast his switch as a decision of principle after inflaming the GOP by voting for Obama's economic stimulus bill. But many Democratic voters correctly questioned his motives.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-05-19
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=297092