Specter Party Switch

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

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Lee Camp

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Arlen Specter Switching Parties From Republican To Democrat

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Los Angeles Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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?