At the PA Progressive Summit, we got the chance to catch a Senatorial forum with Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak. This election is sure to be one of the most watched, and both campaigns have quite a long road ahead of them. They were asked the same questions, so we threw their answers back-to-back for you folks:
Question 1- What Do You Think of a Partial Spending Freeze?
Question 2- What Would You Do To Increase Manufacturing Jobs in the US?
Question 3- What is Your Opinion of Same-Sex Marriage?
Question 4- Will You Vote For The Employee Free Choice Act With Card Check?
Question 5- What Are you Going to do About the Trade Deficit?
Question 6- Do You Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform?
Question 7- What Should We Do About the Filibuster?
For more videos from the PA Progressive Summit, visit www.SumofChange.com/paprog
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Joe the Nerd Protests Senator Specter at PA Progressive Summit
The last main event at the PA Progressive Summit this past weekend was a Senatorial Forum with Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak.
During the Q&A with Sen. Specter, there was one man who spent the entire time standing with his back to the stage. It was rather obvious, one man standing while the rest of the room was seated. We caught up with the protester, Joe Ferraro, better known to the online world as Joe the Nerd, and got a chance to chat with him about what he was doing and why:
Whether you agree with Joe the Nerd or think the Senator deserves to speak with progressives, it is rather difficult to argue with his logic. Senator Specter has a conservative history, albeit moderate and on some issues, and even liberal on others. According to the Specterometer, after switching parties the percentage of votes he cast with the Democrats jumped from 44% to 69%. After it became clear that Congressman Sestak would enter the primary, that spiked up to 97%. That is sure to please many progressives, but is it enough to overcome the years of pre-Democrat-Specter?
More videos from the PA Progressive Summit available at www.SumofChange.com/paprog with lots more to come!
During the Q&A with Sen. Specter, there was one man who spent the entire time standing with his back to the stage. It was rather obvious, one man standing while the rest of the room was seated. We caught up with the protester, Joe Ferraro, better known to the online world as Joe the Nerd, and got a chance to chat with him about what he was doing and why:
Whether you agree with Joe the Nerd or think the Senator deserves to speak with progressives, it is rather difficult to argue with his logic. Senator Specter has a conservative history, albeit moderate and on some issues, and even liberal on others. According to the Specterometer, after switching parties the percentage of votes he cast with the Democrats jumped from 44% to 69%. After it became clear that Congressman Sestak would enter the primary, that spiked up to 97%. That is sure to please many progressives, but is it enough to overcome the years of pre-Democrat-Specter?
More videos from the PA Progressive Summit available at www.SumofChange.com/paprog with lots more to come!
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