2010 Complete Election Coverage: Specter dodges Sestak, cracks on O'Donnell
Sen. Arlen Specter skipped a pair of Philadelphia fundraisers President Obama headlined Monday on behalf of his former Democratic primary opponent, Rep. Joe Sestak.
But the longtime Pennsylvania senator was there to greet Obama when he arrived at Philadelphia airport. And while didn't have time to answer questions about Sestak's campaign - "I'm late for the squash court," Specter insisted - he had time for a joke about Christine O'Donnell, the Republican Senate nominee in neighboring Delaware, and the video of her saying he once dabbled in witchcraft.Continue Reading
"Bristol Palin's on 'Dancing with the Stars,'" Specter told the Philadelphia Inquirer's Tom Fitzgerald, referencing the daughter of O'Donnell backer Sarah Palin.
"But O'Donnell's on 'Dancing with the Devil.'"
Delaware's senator is often referred to as the third Pennsylvania senator, and O'Donnell is running to fill the seat of Specter's close friend, Vice President Joe Biden.
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