Sen. Arlen Specter will switch parties

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Sen. Arlen Specter will switch parties
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Tue, 04-28-2009 - 2:00pm

Specter To Switch Parties

Complete article at link........

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/specter-to-switch-parties.html?hpid=topnews

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according to a statement he released this morning.

Specter's decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next senator from Minnesota. (Former senator Norm Coleman is appealing Franken's victory in the state Supreme Court.)

"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary," said Specter in a statement. "I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election."

He added: "Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans."

President Obama was informed of Specter's decision at around 10:25 a.m., according to White House officials, and reached out to the senator minutes later to tell him "you have my full support," and we are "thrilled to have you."

Specter as a Democrat would also fundamentally alter the 2010 calculus in Pennsylvania as he was expected to face a difficult primary challenge next year from former Rep. Pat Toomey. The only announced Democrat in the race is former National Constitution Center head Joe Torsella although several other candidates are looking at the race.

The precariousness of Specter's political position -- a Republican in a Democratic-leaning state -- was on display earlier this year when he was one of three GOP senators to back President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan. That vote was strongly condemned by conservative Republicans and Toomey used that vote as the launching pad for his candidacy.

That left a Democratic candidacy as Specter's best option if he wanted to remain in the Senate beyond 2010.

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Registered: 03-24-2009
Tue, 04-28-2009 - 11:13pm

~and one from Arizona ... really Democrats~


I must be misreading this ;)

Kate

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Registered: 04-05-2002
Wed, 04-29-2009 - 8:18am

The Republican party seems to be trying to drive out moderates.






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Registered: 04-05-2002
Wed, 04-29-2009 - 8:21am

It was more tongue in cheek so I could get in the thought about the star belly sneeches.






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Registered: 03-18-2000
Wed, 04-29-2009 - 9:57am

Link below they still have JL listed as a Dem. We have a Rep. Gov. she receives a huge amount of votes. She's very popular.

http://directory.usayfoundation.org/CT.html

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Registered: 03-18-2000
Wed, 04-29-2009 - 10:03am

I realised you weren't serious.

"his campaigning FOR McCain but his campaigning AGAINST Obama."

Leiberman really disgusted me doing this. He was attached to McCain's hip for awhile.

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Wed, 04-29-2009 - 10:28am

"The Republican party seems to be trying to drive out moderates."

I agree. Specter was pushed out of the Rep. party by the Rove/Cheney/Limbaugh ilk.

I wish Minn. would hurry-up & declare Franken the winner.

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Registered: 04-11-2009
Wed, 04-29-2009 - 11:09am
I have a feeling that the Franken confirmation will go through the Minnesota Supreme Court where Franken's win will be

 

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Registered: 03-18-2000
Wed, 04-29-2009 - 11:33am

Hope it's sooner than later.

Minnesota Poll: Most want Coleman to call it quits

The Republican should end his recount fight, most say, and fatigue over the six-month ordeal is clear.

Complete article at link.....

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/43699772.html

Nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans surveyed think Norm Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate race to Al Franken, but just as many believe the voting system that gave the state its longest running election contest needs improvement.

A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has found that 64 percent of those responding believe Coleman, the Republican, should accept the recount trial court's April 13 verdict that Democrat Franken won the race by 312 votes.

Only 28 percent consider last week's appeal by Coleman to the Minnesota Supreme Court "appropriate."

Large majorities of those polled said they would oppose any further appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Should Coleman win at the state Supreme Court, 57 percent of respondents said Franken should concede. And 73 percent believe Coleman should give up if he loses at the state's highest court.

Franken spokesman Andy Barr said the poll numbers speak for themselves.

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Thu, 04-30-2009 - 4:23pm

I don't know enough about him, so I did a little background.


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Registered: 03-23-2003
Thu, 04-30-2009 - 4:40pm

The 2004 election we went through something similar to Minnesota.


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