Specter Party Switch

WATCH: "The History of Switching Teams" Starring Sen. Arlen Specter

Lee Camp | Posted 05.30.2009 | Comedy


Lee Camp

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Specter Once Proposed Banning Party Switches, Condemned Jim Jeffords In 2001

Los Angeles Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington -- When a Senate Republican left his party in 2001, elevating the Democrats to majority status, one member of the GOP was es...

Another Triumph for the Club for Growth

David Frum | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


David Frum

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?

Arlen Specter Switching Parties From Republican To Democrat

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) is becoming a Democrat. "I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary," said Specter in a st...