Last night's victory in South Carolina's Democratic Senate primary has placed candidate Alvin Greene, at least momentarily, in the national spotlight. What sets Mr. Greene apart from the hundreds of other candidates in the November mid-term elections? The fact that, until last night, virtually no one had even heard of him.

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After defeating five-term Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania) in the Democratic primary last night, US Representative Joe Sestak (D-Pennsylvania) received a call from President Barack Obama. In addition to the standard congratulatory words, Mr. Sestak said the president told him, "I'm there for you and I look forward to working with you and getting you in the United States Senate." (source) Sorry, Mr. Sestak.

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In what will probably be the last major poll of the race, US Represetative Joe Sestak is just one point ahead of Senator Arlen Specter (42% to 41%) in Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate primary fight. (source) More bad news for Senator Specter: the last minute presidential help he was hoping for won't be coming.

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Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania) is facing an unexpectedly tough primary challenge in his newly adopted party's primary this year. Competing with him for the right to face presumptive Republican nominee Pat Toomey in November is US Representative Joe Sestak (D-Pennsylvania), a former three-star Navy admiral who had a stellar 31 year military career before entering politics. So what is Senator Specter's latest campaign strategy against his fellow Democrat? Attack his military record.

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There will be a debate on April 11 for everyone who is vying for the Senate seat currently held by Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania). Well, everyone except Senator Arlen Specter. Candidates Joe Sestak (D) and Pat Toomey (R) have agreed to discuss economic issues at La Salle University while Senator Specter prefers to take on China.

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