Joe Sestak: ‘Inclined’ To Tackle Specter
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by Mark Silva
Sen. Arlen Specter’s bid for reelection could grow more complicated than he expected, with Rep. Joe Sestak saying today that he is “inclined” to seek the Democratic nomination as well.
On Fox News Radio’s Brian and the Judge today, Sestak (D-Pa.) said he is now more inclined than ever to run for the Senate in in 2010.
Judge Andrew Napolitano asked if Specter’s party-switch to the Democratic Party last week, near the end of his fifth term in the Senate, had gotten under Sestak’s skin.
“It sounds like you are more inclined to run now,” the judge said.
“I am,” Sestak said. “Actually you are right. I am:” Sestak (2).mp3
Specter, who acknowledged that he’d have “bleak” prospects of winning the Republican Party’s nomination in his home state, stands well-supported for a general election contest with Republican Pat Toomey, a Quinnipiac University poll found this week.
However, Specter could face a close race against Republican Tom Ridge, the former governor, should he run for Senate.
And now Sestak, a career military man and second-termer in the House, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who retired from the Navy as a two-star admiral and holds graduate degrees from Harvard, says he’s inclined to go for the seat, too.
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