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Topic: Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak

Arlen Specter, a five-term incumbent who switched parties last year, is being challenged in the April 18 Democratic primary by Rep. Joe Sestak, a retired Navy admiral who has been in the House since 2007. Specter enjoys strong support from the White House and top Pennsylvania Democrats, while Sestak is furiously trying to portray him as an opportunist, hoping to mobilize the party’s grassroots base against Specter.
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Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff and Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak

White House hurt itself on bogus bribe story

Andrew Romanoff, U.S. Senate candidate from Colorado. Right: former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon gives his farewell speech to members of his cabinet and staff in the East Room of the White House, following his resignation August 9, 1974.

Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.) and Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) and former President Bill Clinton

Clinton "bribed" Sestak with sexy unpaid job!

Joe Sestak, Andrew Cuomo and Bill Halter

Halter only one of Democrats' "replacement" hopes

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) speaks on May 18.

Rand Paul, Senator Arlen Specter and President Barack Obama

Mike Madden - Steve Kornacki

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) fields media questions during a news conference at his campaign reception hall during his U.S. Senate democratic primary re-election event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Bradley Bower (United States - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (Reuters)

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. emerges from a voting booth after casting his vote, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Philadelphia. Specter is running for the Democratic nomination to run for re-election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Associated Press)

Bob Brady greets his campaign supporters on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Philadelphia, following the Democratic primary for mayor. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek) (Associated Press)

Philly Dem boss tries to deliver for Specter

in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia's strange polling place locations

(Reuters)

Joe Sestak swings through Philly polling place

Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak.

Monday link dump

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., shakes hands with Danny Grace, right, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 830, during the Delivering for Pennsylvania: Upgrading the Port of Philadelphia campaign rally at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Philadelphia. With Specter on stage from left are his wife Joan Specter, and granddaughters Lilli Specter and Silvi Specter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., a candidate in the Senate Democratic primary race, is seen during a campaign stop near the Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2010. Sestak is in a close race in Tuesday's Democratic primary with Sen. Arlen Specter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke)

Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., a candidate in the Senate Democratic primary race, is seen during a campaign stop near the Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2010. Sestak is in a close race in Tuesday's Democratic primary with Sen. Arlen Specter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP)

Dem. congressman Joe Sestak arrives for a debate with Dem. Sen. Arlen Specter at Fox Philadelphia studios Saturday, May 1, 2010. Pennsylvania's two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate dueled over character issues and their devotion to Democratic principles in the live debate. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle) (Mark Stehle)

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., leads a Senate field hearing, in Philadelphia, Monday, March 29, 2010. Experts invited to speak debated whether secret video recordings should fall under the federal wiretap statute. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP)

Screen shot from Joe Sestak's latest ad.

Specter: Help me, Obama, you're my only hope

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