Sestak wins

Timothy McNulty | October 15, 2009

Joe Sestak has already won . . . by driving Arlen Specter left, in his desperate attempt to stay in office, argues state committeeman (and Sestak netroots advisor) Chris Bowers at Open Left:

On health care, Specter morphed from a "that's what I said and that's what I meant" opponent of the public option, as he said on Meet the Press, into a defender of single payer, who remarks dutifully at every stop that it should remain "on the table." Steve Benen:

Raise your hand if you think Specter would be saying anything like this if he weren't facing Rep. Joe Sestak in a Democratic primary.

It is not just what he is saying and voting. Back on June 15th, after 29 years in office, Specter made his first appearance at Philadelphia Gay Pride. I am sure that he was just busy during all of the previous decades.

The winner in all this is you, the progressive grassroots. How many hundreds of times have you contacted a member of Congress who opposed an important piece of progressive legislation? And how many times do you feel your calls, emails, letters, blog posts, office visits and even donations have actually made a difference?  For me, making a difference like that feels extremely rare. Right now, in my home state of Pennsylvania, it has become par for the course.