As Democrats, we need to be what the Republican party is not... a big tent party. It is important both for Pennsylvania and to President Obama that we elect Sen. Specter to keep fighting for Pennsylvanians.
We will be successful in the Fall ultimately only by coming together. A failure to do so would make us no better than the Republicans in that regard. That said, and as the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Philadelphia Inquirer recently concluded by endorsing Arlen Specter, Senator Specter is our most qualified and viable candidate to take on neo-con Pat Toomey.
Here is the President's letter I just received supporting Specter's re-election. Be sure to tell a friend and sign up today to give us a chance to defeat Pat Toomey in the Fall!
Arlen Specter came to Washington to fight for the working men and women of Pennsylvania -- and he has a distinguished record of doing just that.
He cast a deciding vote in favor of the Recovery Act that brought our economy back from the brink and created more than 120,000 jobs in Pennsylvania in just the first three months of this year.
He fought hard for health insurance reform, and because of that victory 1.3 million uninsured Pennsylvanians will now have access to affordable care -- including more than 140,000 with pre-existing conditions.
And he's been a champion of Wall Street reform and combating climate change, two crucial parts of my agenda that won't happen without Arlen's support.
But now, he needs your help. He's in a tight race for the Democratic nomination for Senate, and the primary is coming up soon on May 18th.
Vice President Biden and I need him in Washington, fighting alongside us -- will you sign up to help out his campaign today?
Re-electing Senator Specter is going to take the same effort I needed from you two years ago -- reaching out to friends and neighbors, knocking doors, making phone calls.
And the first step to ensuring that happens is making sure he wins the primary that's just three weeks away.
Arlen has an impressive record of fighting for Pennsylvanians over the last 30 years. Let's make sure he can keep it going.
Please sign up to volunteer for him today:
http://pa.barackobama.com/...
Thank you for all you do,
President Barack Obama
Here is Sen. Specter's ActBlue page: http://www.actblue.com/...