jelks s stack of the democratic congressman from pennsylvania and he's
challenging democratic senator arlen specter for hissy in the upcoming twenty
ten election thanks for being here congressman odp could be with you thank
you what makes you want to go from
one house of congress to the other
wealth
when i looked at senator arlen specter and i do respect in thirty years as a
republican senator watching tv
but i believe you represent everything that's wrong washing has on pennsylvania
you know after thirty years the office
it was more worried about his own job danny was david about yours piece which
to state his job switch the party running from pat toomey could he
couldn't win a poll equality with the title twiki
but like all committee in washington
he talked about helping the working families but in fact
he voted for every failed economic policy of q urged w bush with a tax cut
oh fifty three percent of them went to the top one percent of the wage earners
daddy millionaires
anne voted
to actually pull out page as you go government we we would have had a
balanced-budget most hotels arlen specter both of the
things we can attribute to a number of members of of both houses of congress
that
he's against the united senate associates
ciliary senior the republicans to cyclically when it comes to arlen
specter if you had to say
that has primed residents of the your state of
any at what would you
is i would play it where devoted three thousand times with to exploit
on clean broke
where he actually voted for corporate tax loopholes for example the shipped
jobs overseas
and even earlier he voted to allow wall street a gamble where with our pension
plan our retirement but welk my point of view now become a rope democrat
we should welcome the man
but i believe that at the flip-flop
on issues like i believe free trade act or gary wright or they could help care
public option he took flight respect as you don't know where he stands in end
that's alright but that's washington how they've done it
and then you probably are known to make another deal and we printed and i think
believe that
we want to change not just impala people
politics book i spent my life in the service to our nation
rising up to be an admiral memory daughter had a brain tumor
so i need to get out there
and take care of that problem with her but this was paid back to run for
congress did everyone and i fought hard for the first dated everyone check out
the health care affordable rate that i did in the military
why were quite believing that job
toyed with the small business committee education it's why with the education
committee and health care is what really make america strong i learned that
military's maker tape but the investment health economic in education security
make a strong and i basically kind enough enough
even if the democratic establishment thinks it's okay to forgive me arlen
specter i believe we defeated new type of energy new type of generational
leadership where believe printable matters over politics
xxx
assign if you'd be willing and number between zero and one hundred percent
what percentage of arlen specter switching parties this was motivated
fact that he was going to lose the republican primary zero to one hundred
one hundred belt you literally went on meet the press in said he had taken a
poll of friday
and found out he could not be pat and me
anne therefore he did not want his legacy
judged by the republican party and switch it with a hundred percent and
that's what he fet nelson fan
he said of hearts always benefit democrat wait a moment
he switched
karma
you know he had to switch parties twilight as you know we did in
philadelphia pa i'd take him at his word on that he did to switch because he
couldn't anywhere away from his pack to me
three actually
endorsement of your opponent
retirees
labor
but when i went to key john sweeney head of the n_f_l_ c_i_o_ the president
my year ago in tokyo
always remember it's not about labor
it's about the working
families today as you saw on the announcement
they are machinist union
uh... and endorsed me
u_s_p_o_w_'s endorsed me i've had a brick layers and george but i can't
konam yes i am proud to have their door smith
but the end of the day it's about working families because
you know what happened unfortunately
that our respective loaded
for the largest education cut in the history of the nation one
third of a cot over seven years of education budget and that harmed working
families he'd voted against s chip to cover lower-income children
three consequent low-income women who are pregnant he voted to three times in
short
he'd voted against working families and pennsylvania's had warm
half of the job increase in the thirty year t been in washington as the
national average why would a second oldest nation the you kevin state
so all of the week
it is about the working family too i appreciate labor yet and it's just
they'd still end up in a whole fight hard for the rights of the working
family yes but it still wrote the working families and i most want their
endorsement xxx passes
it was on my radar to begin with when you were asked and philadelphia t_v_ if
you'd been offered a high-ranking job by the obama administration please ask me
that question for twenty seven-year to ever asked me if i could i'd never to
put it out there of course ready at least saw the interview that u
and can you now tell us if that position was navy secretary
no i what i can tell you when that
um... i was asked the question
and heaven forbid that a public servant unfortunately the politicians usually
would answer not the question honestly
but it's a there's no other purpose to go into it any further i said in in that
in a deal
white because that's politics i want to talk about the policies
but arlen specter literally
opposed that i am four let's go to george bush alot talk about the health
care the folder radio station nobody cares they care about
this economy how do we create job well you don't know our audience they care
about inside baseball trust me they are
i have a good part of our audience but look at the same family cares about
whether they're going to be better to be fighting for their let me give you just
one follow-up here was this a dot
discussion or was it
was delivered to you
and and you did not consider i assume since you didn't take the position
without the direct question
during that interview about a couple of it happened while the
july i answered it honestly and i said no more because i want to focus purely
on what's going to help working families can exchange in the this senator because
because we're i respect them alright soil against a generational change i
know a nasty to realize i'm not going to get any more of these all move on
mailing all of them right here in part by jackson connor classes
modern men's apparel in oregon
sits on the second floor of puns marketplace
design specializing in custom business website
design dot com to find out more about underwriting mid-week politics there
mid-week politics dot com