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New Dem Specter Votes No On Obama's Budget
It didn't take long for Sen. Arlen Specter to let his new colleagues in the Democratic Party know that his vote won't be taken for...
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Reid's Specter Deal: Dem Senators Not Pleased
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) deal to allow Sen. Arlen Specter to retain his seniority after he switches to the Democratic Conference has not...
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Jim Inhofe: Specter Switch Will Bring Republican Revolution In 2010 (VIDEO)
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that Sen. Arlen Specter's defection from the Republican Party is "the first visible evidence" that the GOP will crush...
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Pelosi: Republicans Should Take Back Their Party
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democratic leaders said Wednesday that Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch is a sign that Republicans should become more like, well, Democrats. "I...
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Specter's Defection Likely Doesn't Change EFCA Calculus, Dems Acknowledge
The first wave of speculation over the implications of Sen. Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party surrounded one of the day's most hotly contested...
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Obama Welcomes Specter To Party At White House
President Obama and Vice President Biden joined former Republican Senator Arlen Specter at a press conference on Wednesday morning, welcoming him to the Democratic party....
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Olympia Snowe: We Didn't Have To Lose Specter
IT is disheartening and disconcerting, at the very least, that here we are today -- almost exactly eight years after Senator Jim Jeffords left the...
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David Sirota: Specter Switch: Great News, But He Now Needs a Dem Primary
I think I speak for myself and anyone who ever lived in Pennsylvania that it's really hard to believe this. But even as we applaud Specter for switching parties, we shouldn't simply concede the primary.
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Stuart Whatley: Of Epidemics And "Epidemics"
The current swine flu epidemic, with all of its gravitas, actually almost makes light of another "epidemic" that has afflicted millions in the U.S. for years and which shows no sign of subsiding: childhood obesity.
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David Frum: Another Triumph for the Club for Growth
For years, many in the conservative world have wished for an ideologically purer GOP. With Arlen Specter's defection, their wish has been granted. Happy?
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Adam Green: Would You Help a Progressive Challenger to Specter?
Legally, we can't put money in a pot for a fictional candidate. But we can pledge now that if a real progressive steps up, we'll get their back.
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Dan Sweeney: From a Purely Political Standpoint, Poaching Specter Is a Cowardly Move
The Democrats have essentially performed a tactical retreat here, moving Specter to the "D" column rather than risking an election that would clearly have favored them.
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Bruce Ledewitz: Arlen Specter: The Pennsylvania Perspective
I was listening to Jim Roddey, Republican leader and Chief Executive of Allegheny County from 2000-2004 yesterday, reacting to the news that Arlen Specter was...
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Michael Wolff: Arlen Specter Is Old but Not Dumb
Nobody's going to cast an uncritical vote for a 79-year-old if there's a sentient alternative.
Except, of course, the Democratic president of the United States.
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Joseph A. Palermo: Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Be forewarned: If you're gonna caucus with the Democrats, Arlen, you better start voting like one.
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Jonathan Richards: The Senator's New Clothes
"I dunno... It doesn't fit quite right..."
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Carl Jeffers: As Specter Moves to the Left, So Does the Supreme Court
Having a 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate for the president changes the dynamic entirely for Obama's Supreme Court nominee selections, and it changes it in his favor.
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Steve Young: Democrats Block Bachmann's Attempt To Switch Parties
"Arlen Specter was one thing," said Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-Nev). "Having Bachmann on our side has me thinking of going Libertarian."
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Dylan Loewe: The Specter of Arlen Specter
Once Al Franken is seated in Minnesota, an inevitability expected to happen shortly, the Democratic party will have a 60 seat, filibuster-proof majority.
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Rob Richie: Death of a Swing State? Pennsylvania and Sen. Arlen Specter's Party Shift
Sen. Specter's decision is another nail in the office of the more moderate Republican philosophy associated with former New York governor Nelson Rockefeller.
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Michael Rowe: Good Morning, GOP. This Is Your Wake-Up Call.
The GOP has long prided itself on tarring the Democrats with "being out of touch with mainstream American values." Today, that tag seems more applicable to them.
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Sandy Maisel: Left and Right Miss Lesson of Specter Switch
The Specter switch should be more than a wake-up call for Republicans. It should be a sign for all in Washington that the governing process is out of whack.
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Stephen H. Dinan: A Time for Transpartisanship
Some jubilation is justified but we need to be careful not to neglect a still deeper need for our country -- to heal our fractious political process and move beyond partisan bickering
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Mary Lyon: The Meaning of the Specter Switch
My instinct is not to trust this too much. I can't help looking this gift horse directly in the mouth, through the teeth, and down the hatch.
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Andy Borowitz: Specter: "Now I Can Say It: What a Bunch of F*cking A**holes!"
"This is something I've wanted to say for years: is there a bigger dick on this planet than Mitch McConnell?" he said. "I know he thinks he's doing his job, but please, what a turd."
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Liked the banjo music, it would work well as a republican response sound track to anything regarding governing.
(dueling banjos that is.)