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Good Politics

By Big Tent Democrat

Personally, I think Specter would have had a better chance to win the Pennsylvania Senate race than Joe Sestak, and I am positive Sestak is going to disappoint in terms of policy (he'll be a lot less progressive than the creative class thinks), but I have to tip my hat to the political operation running the Sestak campaign. Earlier I wrote about how Sestak is trying to make the campaign sort of a Bill Clinton v. George Bush referendum. Another nice feature of the Sestak campaign is to constantly refer to Toomey as "Congressman" Toomey (though Toomey is no longer in the Congress.) Sestak spends a lot of time talking about his naval career, instead of his time in Congress. This is smart politics. Via digby, Sestak's latest ad (funded by the DSCC) hits on Toomey's Wall Street career:

In a tough political environment for Dems and incumbents, Sestak's team is running a shrewd race. I thought he would get wiped out. But, against all odds, he is in the hunt. Nice campaign.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 14, 2010 (boomark / email).