Sestak's volunteer party, July 27, 2007

Joe Sestak held a reception for volunteers on Friday, July 27, 2007 at the Media Borough Hall. Joe had just returned from Washington that evening after his week of work in the Capitol.

At the gathering, Joe gave an update on what was going on in Washington, and then took questions. It was an interesting Q&A session. There were many supporters who were angry about impeachment, or should I say, the lack of any impeachment actions to oust Bush and Cheney. And there were lots of people who wanted immediate action on exiting Iraq. There weren't too many easy questions. In fact, I can't remember one. For a group of supporters, they were pretty tough on the freshman Congressman.

Sestak handled all questions diplomatically and described what was going on. On impeachment, Joe described that there are just not enough votes to make impeachment stick, so there is little point in pushing that issue. He would rather work on more constructive actions instead.

On Iraq, Sestak described that the actions on extricating the US from Iraq will define the Democratic Party effectiveness as leaders. And it will have a huge effect on our country and the world. There is not much room for error on this issue. Even though Bush and the GOP started this war, it's up to the Dems to get us out...and the manner is which that is done is critical.

I heard later that Joe stayed until after 11 PM to answer all questions.

Next time, will someone lob him a beach ball question? Just one!