Showing posts with label Arlen Specter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arlen Specter. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2009

Today's EFCA News

Does this mean Rep. Don Young (R-AK) will vote for EFCA?

National Journal fails to understand even the most basic tenets of the bill (scroll halfway down the article).

More frustration with MSM's inability to understand EFCA over at Daily Kos.

The Arkansas business community organizes their opposition.

Specter getting more EFCA pressure.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Sestak Runs for PA Senate

TPM's Brian Beutler reported yesterday what had been suspected for quite a while: that Joe Sestak will be running for a Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2010.

In light of this fact it's worth reiterating how inexplicable SEIU President Andy Stern's declaration of support for Arlen Specter was (I wrote at length on Specter's switch at my other blog here) .

There are now two candidates running for Senate in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. One of them is a former Republican who reiterated his opposition to the most important item on your agenda in the same statement in which he signaled his intention to join the Democratic Party. The other is a Democratic Congressman who supports every provision on your most important agenda item, and with the right support has at least an outside shot of winning the Senate seat.

Needless to say, labor can't decide who to back.