Pundits have been feverishly speculating about what Barack Obama's most important accomplishment is in the past 100 days. I say it came today. Senator Arlen Specter is switching from the Republican to the Democratic party. The specter of Specter as a Democrat will enrage Republicans and should come as big relief to Democrats.
With 60 votes in the Senate, Obama won't be stymied by a rump Republican minority. Give credit to Specter, who behaved ignobly during the Clarence Thomas hearings, for...
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