Joe Sestak thinks he can go from an Econo Lodge in Iowa to the White House

[TexasTowelie]

As the 10 leading Democrats running for president debate in Houston Thursday, Joe Sestak will be on the red-eye back to Iowa. He wants to get to the Des Moines Econo Lodge, where he’s spent the majority of his summer, in time to catch a few hours of sleep and start a full day of campaigning.

“I’ll listen to it later,” Mr. Sestak said with a smirk and a bit of an eye roll, as if the whole debate thing is so mainstream.

Mr. Sestak, a retired Navy admiral and former congressman from Delaware County, is “the other Joe” with Pennsylvania ties running for president. It’s easy to forget. Mr. Sestak has missed the last two debates. He polls around 1% (a fact he recently celebrated in an email to supporters). And he’s struggled to get press attention.

But he’s also quick to argue he has some of the best foreign affairs know-how in the field. And he’s a moderate who has not been afraid to buck his party, something that could appeal to disenchanted Republicans.

Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2019/09/10/Joe-Sestak-thinks-he-can-go-from-an-Econo-Lodge-in-Iowa-to-the-White-House/stories/201909100149
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)