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Specter Switches Parties

by: Jill Richardson

Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 14:01:06 PM PDT


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Holy shit. At long last. Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Republican Democrat, figured out that his state was going blue and he'd better do the same if he wanted to keep his job for another six years. Does this mean he will now support the Employee Free Choice Act?

With Specter as a 59th Democrat, Al Franken will make #60 as soon as he takes office. That means that the Republicans' "we-will-filibuster-everything" game is up. Ha!

(By the way - Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, we will welcome you two into our big tent if you'd like. The tent flap is WIDE open.)

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Specter, Snowe, Collins... (4.00 / 3)
Grassley?

hahahahaha (4.00 / 3)
I don't see that one coming. But we can hope!!

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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In his press conference he said no to EFCA (4.00 / 3)
He says that stance won't be switching, but Union is big in PA Dem party. Hard to believe they'd fundraise for a no on EFCA voter.

Oh, he's an asshat (4.00 / 2)
To paraphrase Mary McCarthy, every word arlen ever said was a lie, including "and" and "the....."

Now who do I vote for?  I've hated Arlen since 1980, the scumbag.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. -- Calvin Trillin


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Stance on Ag/Food issues? (4.00 / 1)
Anyone know how Specter has been in the past on issues of agriculture and food?

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