Specter switched parties, now a Democrat...

[Texas_Bryan]

Could this be the SECOND "shot heard 'round the world".........the beginning of he second American Revolution?

Here's hoping.

[ericire12]

Michael Steele said this:

Some in the Republican Party are happy about this. I am not. Let’s be honest-Senator Specter didn’t leave the GOP based on principles of any kind. He left to further his personal political interests because he knew that he was going to lose a Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record. Republicans look forward to beating Sen. Specter in 2010, assuming the Democrats don’t do it first.

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/04/dont_let_the_do_1.php

[ericire12]

Jim DeMint said this:

“I would rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who really believe in principles of limited government, free markets, free people, than to have 60 that don’t have a set of beliefs.”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Did-DeMints-endorsement-of-Toomey-set-off-Specter.html

[Texas_Bryan]

Hopefully that old scum bag will drop dead before then.

[ericire12]

Here is what Specter said back in March about switching parties:

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/28/specter-had-disavowed-a-switch/

   In a March 17th interview with The Hill, Specter said he absolutely would not switch parties:

    [Democrats] are trying very hard for the 60th vote. Got to give them credit for trying. But the answer is no.

    I’m not going to discuss private talks I had with other people who may or may not be considered influential. But since those three people are in the public domain, I think it is appropriative to respond to those questions.

    I am staying a Republican because I think I have an important role, a more important role, to play there. The United States very desperately needs a two-party system. That’s the basis of politics in America. I’m afraid we are becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party with so little representation of the northeast or in the middle atlantic. I think as a governmental matter, it is very important to have a check and balance. That’s a very important principle in the operation of our government. In the constitution on Separation of powers.

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[Timothy]

PAYOLA!!!

"Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior"

[Sgt Z Squad]

Yeah, I love it when they use the word "moderate." He is as moderate as my guy LIEberman. If you look at his postions, the only thing LIEberman jumped ship on was the war. Now Pelosi and Reid have him wearing a nice little skirt and he is just curtsying around the Hill like a good little girl.   

[JC5123]

All the more reason to focus on the Senate and House races in 2010. They have their "filibuster proof" number now and we cannot stop what is likely to happen!

Between Snow, Collins, and Spectre, they have always had the filibuster proof majority.  Sad that people can't be honest about the way they vote.

[ericire12]

Limbaugh to Specter: Please take McCain with you....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/28/limbaugh-to-specter-please-take-mccain-with-you/

Conservative host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he isn't sorry to see Arlen Specter leave the GOP — and that many Republicans wish the Pennsylvania senator would take a few others with him when he goes.

"A lot of people say, 'Well, Specter, take [Sen. John] McCain with you. And his daughter [Meghan]. Take McCain and his daughter with you if you're gonna…" he told listeners, dissolving in laughter.

"…..It's ultimately good. You're weeding out people who aren't really Republicans," he said.

Limbaugh did concede the downside of Specter's defection. "It makes the Senate essentially as big a slam dunk for Obama and the Democrats as the House of Representatives already is," he said.

Earlier this month, Specter said Limbaugh did have a tendency to make "provocative" statements, but told radio host Howard Stern he didn't have a problem with the conservative talker. "Do I like Limbaugh?… yeah, I like him," he said then.

+1

[CJS3]

The only reason he has done this, is due to (his on) internal polling that shows him losing the republican primary. Just think, the ranking republican on the Judicial Committee after his phlip plop will be Senator Sessions, a conservative.