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He knows? Yeah he knows he faced a primary challenge and will probably do better as a Dem. Its obviously a pretty big story, but in reality its not a HUGE change.
CNN is reporting PA Sen. Arlen Specter will switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party.
He knows.
He knows? Yeah he knows he faced a primary challenge and will probably do better as a Dem. Its obviously a pretty big story, but in reality its not a HUGE change.
With this news and Stuart Smalley, does this give them the 60 seats needed to break filibuster?
Thank God it's about time, now if we can only get the illegals to deport themselves back to where they belong as well,we may have a chance.
Switch?
Oh...you mean he made the label official?
No kidding. All RINO's need to go back to their home party, and let the republicans rebuild clean.
I always liked Arlen.
And you are a liberal... Right?I always liked Arlen.
Good move conservatives. Shrink your party even more.. Keep up the good work! You can officially become the party of the South!
How can it be a party of conservatives when it's tainted with liberals?
Better small end lean instead of polluted.
Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party on Tuesday, Sen. Harry Reid said.
The Specter party switch would give Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate majority of 60 seats if Al Franken holds his current lead in the disputed Minnesota Senate race.
Specter, a five-term Senate veteran, was expected to face a very tough primary challenge in 2010 from former Rep. Pat Toomey, who nearly defeated Specter in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary in 2004.
A Quinnipiac University survey of registered Pennsylvania voters released last month showed Specter trailing the more conservative Toomey in a hypothetical primary matchup, 41 to 27 percent.
A separate Franklin & Marshall survey showed Specter leading Toomey 33 to 18 percent. Another 42 percent, however, were undecided.
More than half of the Republicans polled in the Franklin & Marshall survey said they would prefer to see someone new in the Senate.
Numerous Republicans are angry with Specter over his recent vote in support of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan.
Specter, one of only three GOP senators to vote for the measure, has been part of a dwindling group of GOP moderates from the northeastern part of the country.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/...tch/index.html
Translation:
"I think marginalizing the Republican party and shunning moderates is a great election strategy".
As a Democrat, I say:
"Please, run for RNC chairman."
If that is what you want to call me. I consider myself a progressive with conservative tendencies.
What a rigidly stupid ideologue you are. Anybody even slightly left of Rush is a kool-aid drinking liberal to you. Fortunately for us, your party's so called leaders are just as dumb when it comes to writing off anybody and everybody who even dares break with the most fervent of bat insane, right wing positions.
Specter has been voting with the Dems for a while now, the only thing that changed today was the letter after his name.
This would be like Lieberman joining the Republican party. I don't think this shocks anyone.
This just shows that NONE of these career politicians are the least bit concerned about their cons uents or their party - they're only concerned about their own POWER. They will do anything - including selling out the people who elected them, to retain that power.
WE NEED TERM LIMITS! I hope all these schmucks get tossed into the unemployment line! As far as Specter is concerned - GOOD RIDDENCE TO BAD RUBBISH!! And you can take Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe with you!
lol. The Left calls Republicans hypocrites because they didn't get upset at Bush's big spending and idiotic deficit financing.
Then when some Republicans are happy that one of the biggest Rhino's decides to leave the Left calls Republicans stupid for not having a big enough tent to accommodate big spenders.
what about "Big Pork Barton"?
So the moves from one bed to the other. Meanwhile the big media conglomerates have a lead story for the next 24 hour news cycle.
Specter initially became a Republican out of political expedience. He was facing a likely defeat in the GOP primary in Pennsylvania so this move is not that surprising. I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen with one or both of the senators from Maine at some point.
You hit the nail on the head! I don't think a person should be able to switch parties like this - because the only reason they do it is to avoid a defeat during re-election. I especially think it's wrong when it changes the balance in the Senate, such as when Jim Jeffords switched - which gave the Democrats the majority. They're all s -sucking bottom feeders!
The President can only serve 2 terms - why in the world should we let members of Congress serve FOREVER?!I think there should be a limit of 12 years for both Senators and Representatives.
So he moved from one wing of the DC party to the other. BFD.
Caught part of his news conference on the radio on the way back from lunch. Got a kick out of his claim that he wasn't going to let the GOP primary voters end his 29 year political career.
His quote: "I won't be judged by that jury."*
*Or something real similar to that
I've slurp!!!! slurp!!!!!eaten at this trough for 29 years slurp!!!!!slurp!!!!!! I aint about to go on no diet now!!!
Excuse me - those GOP voters are the ONLY reason he's had his 29-year political career. And now they're telling him it's time to retire! But god forbid those stupid rednecks who cling to their guns and religion tell him he has to go. What an arrogant SOB!
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