Columnist: Joe Sestak has anger issues

Terrific column by Gil Spencer in The Delaware County Daily & Sunday Times recapping the veteran columnists' impressions of political candidates who met with the newspaper's editorial board.

Spencer on U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak:

Candidate Most Easily Angered by a Question — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont. When asked, "Where do you live?" he responded, "I own a house in Edgmont." Yes, came the follow-up, "but do you live in that house?" Sestak’s terse reply, "I LIVE in Edgmont, SIR!" (To his credit, Joe apologized later for getting "testy.")

Spencer on state Rep. Daylin Leach, who is seeking a state Senate seat:

Candidate Most Outraged by Opponent's Spinning of His Record — State Rep. Daylin Leach, a Democrat running for the 17th District state Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Connie Williams, at GOP opponent Lance Rogers, for Rogers' claiming Leach wanted to make it easier for drug users to evade punishment for driving under the influence. A Rogers' mailing that featured an overturned school bus presumably smashed into by some coke-headed friend of Leach's had him spluttering at the unfairness of it all.

"My kids' teachers get this," he carped.

Spencer on Sestak's opponent, Craig Williams:

Best Candidate Nobody Ever Heard Of: Craig Williams, Republican for Congress in the 7th District. Smart, personable, articulate and tough. He’d give Sestak a run for our money if anybody could figure out who he is. (I say "our money," because Joe sure spends a lot of it on his franking privileges — some $640,000 worth.)

Read more of Spencer's column at the newspaper's Web site.