It's only 99% of Democrats who give 1% a bad name.

Rep. Joe Sestak hopes to succeed Sen. Arlen Specter (R2D2, Pa.), whom he defeated in the Democratic primary. Republican nominee Pat Toomey is generally rated only a slight favorite, but a report in the Allentown Morning Call gives a hint of the troubles Democrats face this year:

Joe Sestak continued Monday to distance himself from Nancy Pelosi while at the same time tying his Republican opponent Pat Toomey to George W. Bush.
Sestak, speaking at the Pennsylvania Press Club, was asked whether he believes Speaker of the House Pelosi is a liberal or a pragmatist. Sestak describes himself as the latter.
He said he didn't know, but also said he never looks at her voting record.
"My office is forbidden to look at talking points that come out of the speaker's office," the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate said. "Look, I didn't agree with Nancy Pelosi when she endorsed Arlen Specter."
Sestak boasts that he disagrees with Pelosi 3% of the time. Seriously:

The subject is especially sensitive for Sestak, who recently lost a battle with Pennsylvania television stations to pull a commercial that says he "gives it 100 percent to Nancy Pelosi." Sestak argued that he hasn't voted with Pelosi every single time (it's about 97 percent ), but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which paid for the ad, won the argument that on the big issues of the day--health care, energy, economic stimulus--Sestak has voted with Pelosi.
The Morning Call itself amusingly tries to dodge the liberal label: "High-profile political figures, such as Pelosi and President Barack Obama, who are linked to so-called liberal policies, are not viewed favorably in many areas of Pennsylvania."

So-called liberal policies? Who edits the Morning Call, Eric "Nascar Retards" Alterman?