President Obama's Economic Speech at Carnegie Mellon, June 2, 2010 (Video)

This speech was given 6/2/2010.



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Arlen Specter's new ad: Obama with other STUFF (Videos)

Obama for Specter



...but remember the same type of ad was USED for Specter in 2004 promoting former Senator Santorum and of course, President George W. Bush.



I don't know how this race will turn out, but it is obvious from recent polling that Joe Sestak has moved Democrats into his column and is in the lead. Arlen Specter needs heavy black vote to come out in Philadelphia and those Philly suburbs to over take Sestak.

But, I don't care what anyone says, the Joe Sestak ad reminding Democratic Voters who is a REAL DEMOCRAT, does reasonate. I don't care if you do have Barack Obama in your corner, people know who stands with them and who does not. Arlen Specter was a Democrat, before a Republican and is now a Democrat again, ONLY so he can get re-elected. Remember that.



...and of course, the mash up, which makes Specter and the Presidents look SILLY.....



and this from the Sestak Campaign on Arlen Specter's new ad with Obama....



OUCH!!!!

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Pennsylvania Democrats, if the Republicans don't want him, why should the Democrats? (Video)

Arlen Specter cares about ONE THING, keeping his damn job. He switched to the Democratic Party because he would not win in the Republican Primary. Let's not be fooled here by Specter. And the White House position? They support a non-Democrat, period. Vote Joe Sestak the REAL Democrat.

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President Obama's pitch and ask for health care insurance reform in Pennsylvania (Video)

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President Obama Talks Jobs in Allentown, Pennsylvania (Video, Transcript)

The President visits Allentown, PA to learn firsthand about the country’s employment situation and to gather ideas to help put Americans back to work.


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Race to watch next year: Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak

I still don't know why Obama/Biden got involved with Specter switching parties.

Well, yes, I do. Arlen Specter has been Joe Biden's friend for years, but how this went down just don't feel right with Democratic voters.

The switcheroo of Specter is documented, he was a Democrat in the 60's (he has done this before) and switched parties to the Republicans. Now, for the senate vote sake and a very tough Republican primary coming up, he was convinced to switch back to the Democratic Party with plenty of Obama covering.

I don't care about anyone switching parties for whatever the reasons, but Specter outright said he was switching because of the possibility of losing in the Republican Primary. See, the Republicans are fighting amongst themselves on who is more conservative, which means the right winged fringe have out weighed the moderates in the Republican Party.

“I’m not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate, not prepared to have that record decided by that jury,” Mr. Specter declared in a rather defiant tone at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

And the polls are continuing to show Congressman Joe Sestak closing the gap on Specter. Remember, Specter must get through the Democratic Primary, the same dilemma that Hillary Clinton faced with Barack Obama. Yes, President Obama can swope in and say, "Vote for a know quantity, Arlen Specter", but Pennsylvanians already know this quantity and the Republicans don't like him and the Democrats don't like being told that they must vote for a turn coat Republican. That is Specter's dilemma.

Barack Obama and Ed Rendell were delighted when they convinced Sen. Arlen Specter to switch parties earlier this year. But now that coup falls into the category of "be careful what you wish for," because the president and the governor of Pennyslvania have a problem on their hands: Arlen Specter. Here's the problem: Specter is up for re-election next year, and he was promised the full campaign backing of Obama and Rendell--not just in the general election but in the primary next May, if there was one. Well, there is one, and it is shaping up as a fierce one, against Rep. Joe Sestak, who represents the Philly suburbs. Specter, a notoriously tough and nasty campaigner, will expect his two big backers to support him to the hilt. And Specter, a 79-year-old cancer survivor with enough fortitude for the three of them, has leverage: he's the "60th vote" in the Senate. Read one way, Specter has no choice but to support Obama down the line; read another, Specter has the power, should things get ugly, to snarl the president's legislative agenda.

This is the primary to watch.

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In case you missed it: President Obama's press conference at the G20 Summitt, Pittsburgh, PA (Video)

The President briefs the press on progress made at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 25, 2009.



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G20: First Ladies Group Photo Pittsburgh, PA

And the official portrait is taken. From top left to right: Dr. Pimpen Vejjajiva of Thailand, unknown, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Therese Rein of Australia, Filippa Reinfeldt of Sweden, Laureen Harper of Canada, Sarah Brown of the UK, Miyuki Hatoyama of Japan, Ban Soon Taek, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unknown, Azeb Mesfin of Ethiopia. Bottom left to right: Sonsoles Espinosa of Spain, President of Spain, Nompumelelo Ntuli of South Africa, Kim Yoon-ok of Korea, Margarita Zavala of Mexico, Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva of Brazil, Michelle Obama, Ani Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Carla Bruni Sarkozy of France, Svetlana Medvedev of Russia, Emine Erdogan of Turkey, and Gursharan Kaur of India

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G20: "The Ladies Dinner"

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts spouses of world leaders attending the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit during a dinner
at Rosemont Farm in Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept. 24, 2009.





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The Obamas host the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA (pictures)

The Obamas host the International Heads of States












Obamas Red Carpet, 'Up Close and Personal'

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FLOTUS, Michelle Obama debuts as international host tonight during the G-20 Summit

Interesting events, Mrs. Obama has scheduled.

While the presidents and prime ministers spend Thursday evening and Friday chewing over the world's problems, Mrs. Obama will entertain their spouses by introducing them to Pittsburgh as well as to some of her own interests, including art and architecture, arts education, and sustainable farming and eating locally grown food.

Events are scheduled for a working farm owned by Teresa Heinz Kerry, a performing arts school and a museum dedicated to Andy Warhol, the 20th century pop artist and Pittsburgh native.

The spousal program kicks off Thursday with dinner at the farm in Fox Chapel, just outside the city, owned by Heinz Kerry, a noted local philanthropist who is married to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. The farm raises livestock and grows fruits and vegetables; some of it will be served at the private dinner.

In Washington, Mrs. Obama has been promoting locally grown food and healthier eating with a popular fruit and vegetable garden on the White House lawn, and she recently helped open a farmers' market near the mansion.

For Friday, Mrs. Obama — who has held jazz, country music and poetry events at the White House and is an advocate for art and music education — has lined up a tour of Pittsburgh Creative & Performing Arts. The magnet school in the city's downtown cultural district has more than 800 full-time sixth- through 12th-grade students who study dance, instrumental and vocal music, writing, acting and other creative arts.

The spouses will drop in to various classrooms as students rehearse for coming performances. They also will be treated to a show organized by Mrs. Obama featuring performances by students and such notable musical artists as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, country superstar Trisha Yearwood and singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.

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President Obama's speech at AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh, PA, September 15, 2009 (Video)

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Obama, Biden raising funds for Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)

Well, this is going to be a hotly contested senate race on the Democratic side.

Sen. Arlen Specter (D) will welcome President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to Pennsylvania in the coming months as he looks to build his financial lead in his race for reelection.

The president will attend a Sept. 15 fundraiser for Specter at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, while the vice president will join the new Democrat for an event in Western Pennsylvania later this fall.

Fundraisers for Specter's campaign hope to raise $2.5 million during the event in Philadelphia, according to an e-mail invitation obtained by the Philadelphia Daily News. The event has already raised $600,000, and backers have committed another $700,000 to organizers, wrote David Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast and a major Specter donor.

Obama and Biden both pledged to support Specter after he bolted the Republican Party in late April. Biden, who as a Delaware senator had a close working relationship with his Pennsylvania colleague, had long worked to convince Specter to jump ship.

"We asked the president to help us [by] campaigning with us and doing a fundraiser, and they were gracious enough to say yes," Chris Nicholas, Specter's campaign manager, told The Hill. read more here....

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When you go on Hardball, please have your facts together against Lawrence O'Donnell (Video)

Katy Abrams, I am talking to you, from Arlen Specter's town hall meeting. If you have to read your scripted answers on television from a piece of paper, maybe you don't really know what you are talking about. Katy Abrams proved today what a ditto head is all about. And O'Donnell was KIND.

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And this rambling about rationing of TOILET PAPER, no shit....



And read this, more insight

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The man from Arlen Specter's town hall disruption yesterday is totally confused and on TALKING POINT MODE (Video)

From Dylan Ratigan's Morning Meeting...the gentleman is CLEARLY confused and is just rattling on incoherently...some things he said was blatently wrong, from yesterday....

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Wingnuttia, Crazies, Misinformed people at Senator Arlen Specter's town hall in Lebanon, PA (Video)

all this went down this morning and it was truly an eye opener....lots of misinformation, "we want our country back" and angry white men....

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Specter debunks the "death panel", thanks, Sarah!!



They hate President Obama....



Card Check, these folks don't like unions...again, know your history, we would not have paid days off, weekends off, HEALTH CARE, without the FIGHT of the UNION....and Cap and Trade? It will send jobs to China and India? HELLO? The jobs are already THERE, dude!!



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Fuck That, I am with Atrios.

On this one, totally, with Atrios, INDEED

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For me, this is why Senator Arlen Specter should be primaried OUT by Congressman Joe Sestak (video)

h/t jed @ Daily Kos



Forget these fair weather friends, who come sniffing around when the heat in their kitchen becomes TOO HOT.

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Congressman Joe Sestak officially IN for the senate run against Arlen Specter (Video)

Again, this is the race to watch....

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Out with the old, In with the new

That is what the battle for the senate Democratic nomination will end up being about in Pennsylvania.

Again, I don't know if Obama/Biden made a wise pick in standing with and supporting Arlen Specter. For those who don't know who he is, he is the Republican that switched to the Democratic Party once the polling indicated that he would lose in his Republican Primary.

Enter Joe Sestak, a retired Navy Vice Admiral, a current congressman, and the one who is going to give Arlen Specter a run for his money.

President Obama and Vice President Biden will have to literally pull Specter across the finish line when this is said and done, I think. The words and battle lines are being drawn and Democrats are not that crazy about Specter jumping from one party to another because he was afraid of defeat.

There is something to "earning your way" that will be very relevant when the primaries come around for Specter. And Specter just has not earned his way here.

Verbal attacks are flying between Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Joe Sestak in the battle for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s senate seat, suggesting that the contest will become one of the more vicious for next year’s midterm elections.

Mr. Specter, a moderate Republican who became a Democrat in April because he was losing badly in polls to conservative challenger Pat Toomey, issued his first response on Thursday to a steady drumbeat of recent attacks from Mr. Sestak.

Mr Specter called his opponent a “flagrant hypocrite” because, like Mr. Specter, he wasn’t always a member of the Democratic Party.

“Congressman Sestak is a flagrant hypocrite in challenging my being a real Democrat when he did not register as a Democrat until 2006 just in time to run for Congress,” Mr. Specter said in a statement. “His lame excuse for avoiding party affiliation, because he was in the service, is undercut by his documented disinterest in the political process,” he said, citing records that show Mr. Sestak voted in just 12 out of 35 elections from 1971-2005.

On Monday, Mr. Sestak fired back in an e-mail message to supporters.

“Arlen has decided to start running his ‘GOP negative style campaign’ against us!” Mr. Sestak said. He was a registered Independent during his 35-year naval career, he said, “because, like Generals Colin Powell and Wesley Clark - who were also registered as Independents, I believe it is important that military officers should be nonpartisan.” read more here....

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