Snarlin Arlen Crossing the Aisle
by QuestionGirl • Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 - 12:34 pmIs he sincere or is he afraid he’ll lose an election as a Republican?
Tagged: Arlen Specter, switch partiesVeteran Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, intends to switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party on Tuesday, multiple sources said.
A 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.
Numerous Republicans are angry with Specter over his recent vote in support of President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan.
Specter was one of only three GOP senators who voted for the measure.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Wow. Well, he'd be more liberal than some of the Blue Dogs.
April 28th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
that's true!!
April 28th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I would rather have him as an avowed enemy as opposed to having another backstabbing friend.
Slime is slime no matter which label you claim.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
We'd be better off with a liberal in there. But in the short term, this may not be so bad. I agree, though, that letting him keep his seniority might be a problem if they do.
He is correct, though, that the GOP has gone far right.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
He seems to vote with the Democrats a lot of the time. Well, on some major issues anyways. Just giving the Dems a fillibuster-proof majority is a good thing anyway, isn't it?