Sestak Catches Specter in Pennsylvania
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 7th, 2010 4:42 am by HL
Sestak Catches Specter in Pennsylvania
The latest Morning Call/Muhlenberg tracking poll shows Sen. Arlen Specter (D) and challenger Joe Sestak (D) tied at 43% each with 13% still undecided.
The Morning Call notes Sestak began running a devastating 30-second ad across the state reminding Democrats that Specter was once a Republican. The spot shows then-President George W. Bush with Specter standing to one side and then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) on the other praising the Pennsylvania senator.
Hung Parliament Leads to Power Struggle
The Conservatives won the most seats in the British parliament but have fallen short of a majority, leading to the first hung parliament since 1974, the BBC reports.
The battle is now under way to see which leader can form a government.
Constitutionally, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has the first right to try to cobble together enough seats, however, the London Times reports Nick Clegg “rebuffed Labour overtures today and declared that it should be David Cameron and not Brown who gets the first chance to form a government now that Britain has elected a hung Parliament.”
“With the Tories set to become the largest force in the Commons but falling 20 seats short of a majority, the Liberal Democrat leader returned to Westminster this morning as a kingmaker — even though his party lost a net seven seats on the night.”