This is Luca Sestak, not to be confused with Democrat Joe Sestak, who's running in the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary as a step toward ousting Republican Sen. Pat Toomey:
DREXEL HILL, Pa. — There’s no ideological civil war underway here. No, this is all personal — just former Navy Adm. Joe Sestak making his last stand against Democratic Party leaders who’ve been trying to sink him for six years and counting.
On paper, Sestak is about everything Democrats could want in a Senate candidate: a charismatic, decorated veteran elected to the House from a swing district who nearly defeated Republican Pat Toomey in 2010, one of the toughest election years for Democrats in decades.
But the independent streak that attracts voters is precisely what worries national Democrats so much about Sestak: They believe, for the second time since 2010, that he could blow a winnable Senate race because of his tendency to reject the slightest hint of marching orders from party bosses. Sestak is the first to admit he likes doing things his way, and party leaders quickly tired of constantly being told, in so many words, to take a hike.
In response, the whole D.C. Democratic gang is all-in for Sestak’s main Democratic rival, Katie McGinty — from Barack Obama and Joe Biden to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). More than that, the national party is dropping more than $1 million to push McGinty past Sestak — a rare move by Democrats in a Senate primary that reflects their level of disdain for him.
Indeed, the infighting here threatens to do significant harm to Democrats’ hopes
(LINK)
We now return you to your local piano concert . . .
This is Luca Sestak, not to be confused with Democrat Joe Sestak, who's running in the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary as a step toward ousting Republican Sen. Pat Toomey:
DREXEL HILL, Pa. — There’s no ideological civil war underway here. No, this is all personal — just former Navy Adm. Joe Sestak making his last stand against Democratic Party leaders who’ve been trying to sink him for six years and counting.
On paper, Sestak is about everything Democrats could want in a Senate candidate: a charismatic, decorated veteran elected to the House from a swing district who nearly defeated Republican Pat Toomey in 2010, one of the toughest election years for Democrats in decades.
But the independent streak that attracts voters is precisely what worries national Democrats so much about Sestak: They believe, for the second time since 2010, that he could blow a winnable Senate race because of his tendency to reject the slightest hint of marching orders from party bosses. Sestak is the first to admit he likes doing things his way, and party leaders quickly tired of constantly being told, in so many words, to take a hike.
In response, the whole D.C. Democratic gang is all-in for Sestak’s main Democratic rival, Katie McGinty — from Barack Obama and Joe Biden to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). More than that, the national party is dropping more than $1 million to push McGinty past Sestak — a rare move by Democrats in a Senate primary that reflects their level of disdain for him.
Indeed, the infighting here threatens to do significant harm to Democrats’ hopes
(LINK)
We now return you to your local piano concert . . .
Everyone who knew that this seed was gonna be about politics raise your hand.
I'd rather watch/listen to the video then hear about more politics.
LOL.
Me too, actually.
But I had seen the video of Luca Sestak-- which struck me as an unusual last name, and then i saw an news item about Joe Sestak.
I was also curious about the name, it sounded Eastern European but I didn't know which group. So I googled it, its Slavic, from the Slovak Republic.
None of which is really important...