Labor organizations may be unsure whether their old allegiances to Sen. Arlen Specter can withstand his new anti-Employee Free Choice stance. But Pennsylvania Democrats aren’t nearly as conflicted–they’re welcoming the new Republican with open arms, despite an older allegiance to Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)
“He’s our incumbent senator,” noted Abe Amoros, Acting Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Democratic party. “We’ve welcomed him with open arms.”
“Congressman Sestak is one of the hardest working congressmen in Pennsylvania,” Amoros said, but, he adds, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Governor Ed Rendell “have promised to back Specter and raise money for him and make campaign appearances throughout the state.”
“It’s gonna be an uphill climb for anyone who challenges Senator Specter next year,” Amoros said.
That’s not news to Sestak, who told me earlier this week that he thinks the Democratic establishment is acting out of “expediency” and that this is a case of Democrats choosing short term gain at a potentially high long term cost.
