In The Great Race, They're Off...

The race for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate begins and the mud shooting up from under the candidates tires is going everywhere.

Arlen Specter is responsible for our newest great depression, according to Sestak.
While according to Specter, Joe Sestak is darting about the state getting face time, while the job he was elected to do goes begging.

In the wings is conservative Republican Pat Toomey who would much rather face the relatively unknown Sestak than Specter.

“Pennsylvania Democrats will make an important choice between Joe Sestak, a consistent liberal who really believes in his values, and Arlen Specter, a career political opportunist who believes in nothing but his own re-election,” said Toomey in the release.

Either Democrat has a better chance to win in Pennsylvania right now. And painting Sestak as a wild-eyed liberal will be tough. He's a left-of-center Democrat but he's no Nancy Pelosi.

A year and a half is an eternity in politics. With all the infighting among Democrats the luster is already knocked off the brand. Arguments will matter in the campaign and Toomey has a lot of good ones that might appeal to the young independents who are leaning more libertarian these days.

If debates matter he will wipe the floor with Sestak, but they usually don't. The local GOP is hardly enthusiastic about Toomey, who they see as too conservative, anti-union, and pro-life.

This campaign promises to be something like this scene from The Great Race. How can we not look forward to it?

Forget the mud. "Throw more brandy."