Specter switched parties, now a Democrat...

[twyacht]

Specter and Murtha deserve eachother...

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

10 RING!

[Ulmus]

I wonder what this will do to the gun and ammo availability.  (What little ther is of it.)  Do you think this will add another run?

Also I think its time to remember the Democrats that DO support the 2nd Admendment.

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=116&sid=1627648

It is our job to find out who the gun supporters are in our area (whether Republican, Democrat, or Libertarian) and support them.

Specter's switch just underscores the importance of that job.

[Rastus]

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.

An excellent observation.

Specter and Murtha deserve eachother...

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

10 RING!

I'm in Limbaugh's boat on that too!

Better to have 65 Democrats who oppose gun control than 65 Republicans that say they oppose gun control.

[BAC]

To quote the lady from The Weakest Link:  GOOD-BYE!

[Rastus]

To quote the lady from The Weakest Link:  GOOD-BYE!

ANOTHER WINNER ! ! !

[Sponsor]

[ericire12]

ANOTHER WINNER ! ! !

+1

Dont let the door hit ya on the way out!

[Rastus]

On a more serious note, it's good to know that all those years I thought Specter to be a fraud who was saying what he thought it took to get elected....I was right.

Which says he's always was just another dirty-dog politician.  Not that I had any special powers to divine this....it's just he talked out of both sides of his mouth...saying one thing...siding with the opposition on another front.  A little more proficiency in lying and he could have been President, eh?

[Pathfinder]

On a more serious note, it's good to know that all those years I thought Specter to be a fraud who was saying what he thought it took to get elected....I was right.

Which says he's always was just another dirty-dog politician.  Not that I had any special powers to divine this....it's just he talked out of both sides of his mouth...saying one thing...siding with the opposition on another front his lips were moving.  A little more proficiency in lying and he could have been President, eh?

There, fixed it for ya!

[MinotBob]

POS!  (not that we'll miss him) but switching parties WHILE in office should be illegal.

I am SURE he got all kinds of perks for this as Spector was always in it only for himself, not his electorate.

Actually he tried to make this illegal in 2002, I believe, when Jump'n Jim Jeffers switched. He was a Democrap until 1965 and he never really strayed too far from the flock.

[Overload]

The question this brings up is: Should you vote in a primary for the candidate who best represents your views but won't win the election, or should you vote for one who is close to your views, but is electable in the general election?

Here in Colorado our Senate Republicain primary was between Pete Coors and Bob Schaffer.  Coors won the primary, but Schaffer should have done better in the general election.  Coors lost to Ken Salazar(now Sec Int).