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welcome the 60th Dem in the Senate (presuming Sen.-elect Franken is seated)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30456741/

WASHINGTON - Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter announced Tuesday that he is switching parties, a move would give Democrats a filibuster-proof 60 seats if Al Franken is seated in the Minnesota race.

"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary," the Pennsylvania senator said in a statement.

GOP is no longer a national party... they are a regional one.

fokking bull$hit...hope the motherfokker gets assasinated.....gridlock is the only thing that's kept this country from going in the crapper....

WOW!!

Finally comes out of the closet!

A HUGE FUCK YOU from Specter to the GOP

Well, when's Snowe jumping across the line?

Big John Cornyn last month...

"A vote for Arlen Specter is a vote for denying Harry Reid and the Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate."



oooops

Wedgebuster wrote:Well, when's Snowe jumping across the line?

1992

bobbythekidd wrote:

Wedgebuster wrote:Well, when's Snowe jumping across the line?

1992

bobbythekidd wrote:

Wedgebuster wrote:Well, when's Snowe jumping across the line?

1992

heh... that's right... GOP = regional party

the south and utah/idaho... that's it. y'all don't even have the mountain west anymore...

Wow!

This is no more positive for this country than when the Republicans had control of Excutive, Congress, etc....this sucks...

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

bobbythekidd wrote:

1992

heh... that's right... GOP = regional party

the south and utah/idaho... that's it. y'all don't even have the mountain west anymore...

Hey don't forget three hundred thousand conks here in Wyoming where McCain carried two thirds of the vote last fall.

Specter was a republican

OL FU wrote: Specter was a republican

for 40 years... then the GOP left HIM.

this is indicative of the GOP's fracture and breakapart...

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

OL FU wrote: Specter was a republican

for 40 years... then the GOP left HIM.

this is indicative of the GOP's fracture and breakapart...

It's amazing, isn't it?

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

OL FU wrote: Specter was a republican

for 40 years... then the GOP left HIM.

this is indicative of the GOP's fracture and breakapart...

That's right, spinmeister. Arlen was always a mainstream Republican. Specter was facing another tough GOP primary this year and may not have won it. So long, Arlen. Don't let the door kick you in the azz on the way out.

Ivytalk wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
for 40 years... then the GOP left HIM.

this is indicative of the GOP's fracture and breakapart...

That's right, spinmeister. Arlen was always a mainstream Republican. Specter was facing another tough GOP primary this year and may not have won it. So long, Arlen. Don't let the door kick you in the azz on the way out.

Yes, I believe Specter did this more for himself to get re-elected than anything, a-la Lieberman.

But, the part about the GOP leaving him is accurate. As a pro-choice Senator, Specter is an anomoly in the GOP.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

OL FU wrote: Specter was a republican

for 40 years... then the GOP left HIM.

this is indicative of the GOP's fracture and breakapart...

Based on what I have seen of Specter, he should have left 30 years ago.

Ivytalk wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
for 40 years... then the GOP left HIM.

this is indicative of the GOP's fracture and breakapart...

That's right, spinmeister. Arlen was always a mainstream Republican. Specter was facing another tough GOP primary this year and may not have won it. So long, Arlen. Don't let the door kick you in the azz on the way out.

Specter used to be indicative of an entire WING of the GOP. "Rockefeller Republicans" used to be a huge part of the GOP... they've been pushed out of the party entirely as they've pursued the "southern strategy" and embraced the evangelical right. Look at the GOP's disappearing act in the northeast... that owes itself to the GOP embracing a much more extreme right wing line favored by the evangelicals.

people as moderate as Specter have been told in the past decade that we aren't extreme enough for the modern GOP (yeah... I was in the GOP from 96-00).

dbackjon wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:
That's right, spinmeister. Arlen was always a mainstream Republican. Specter was facing another tough GOP primary this year and may not have won it. So long, Arlen. Don't let the door kick you in the azz on the way out.

Yes, I believe Specter did this more for himself to get re-elected than anything, a-la Lieberman.

But, the part about the GOP leaving him is accurate. As a pro-choice Senator, Specter is an anomoly in the GOP.

How did "the GOP [leave] him"?

The GOP has NEVER been a pro-abortion party. Ever.

Specter aligned 100% with the left on judicial appointments, using abortion as the sole litmus test. That is what disenfranchised him with the GOP.

travelinman67 wrote:

dbackjon wrote:
Yes, I believe Specter did this more for himself to get re-elected than anything, a-la Lieberman.

But, the part about the GOP leaving him is accurate. As a pro-choice Senator, Specter is an anomoly in the GOP.

How did "the GOP [leave] him"?

The GOP has NEVER been a pro-abortion party. Ever.

Specter aligned 100% with the left on judicial appointments, using abortion as the sole litmus test. That is what disenfranchised him with the GOP.

Bullcrap. There used to be plenty of pro-choice Republicans.

dbackjon wrote:

travelinman67 wrote:
How did "the GOP [leave] him"?

The GOP has NEVER been a pro-abortion party. Ever.

Specter aligned 100% with the left on judicial appointments, using abortion as the sole litmus test. That is what disenfranchised him with the GOP.

Bullcrap. There used to be plenty of pro-choice Republicans.

And there still are

BENEDICT ARNOLD is finally a Democrat. This is a great day for the Republican Party. Our most liberal member finally is home with his Democratic friends.

Here is my thoughts:
http://mvred.com/2009/04/28/specters-de ... r-the-gop/

guinzone wrote:BENEDICT ARNOLD is finally a Democrat. This is a great day for the Republican Party. Our most liberal member finally is home with his Democratic friends.

Here is my thoughts:
http://mvred.com/2009/04/28/specters-de ... r-the-gop/

So no moderates are welcome in your GOP?