The honeymoon is over with Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter of PA. A senator since 1980, Specter was promised he would keep his seniority "as if I had been a Democratic Senator since 1980"...
But Specter apprently really ticked off some of his fellow Democrats, who voted unanimously to strip him of his rank, basically making him the most junior senator pn the Hill...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22180.html
Specter Really Pisses Off Democrats
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Specter Really Pisses Off Democrats
“Tolerance and Apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.” Aristotle
Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.
Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.
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Col Hogan wrote:The honeymoon is over with Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter of PA. A senator since 1980, Specter was promised he would keep his seniority "as if I had been a Democratic Senator since 1980"...
But Specter apprently really ticked off some of his fellow Democrats, who voted unanimously to strip him of his rank, basically making him the most junior senator pn the Hill...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22180.html
Joe Sestak for Senate no longer waylayed... specter an early front runner for blunder of the year
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What party wants him?Wedgebuster wrote:Could he be the crux of the new party?
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Wedgebuster wrote:The new party.
The Specter Party.
“I’m tired and done.” — 89Hen 3/27/22.
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the one solely dedicated to getting ol arlen re-elected...Ivytalk wrote:Wedgebuster wrote:The new party.
The Specter Party.
no broad-based political movement is ever going to be sustained by a plaintive cry of "moderation"... it rarely stokes the passion of the kind of people who make a political party go...
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Spectre?Ivytalk wrote:Wedgebuster wrote:The new party.
The Specter Party.
With Blofeld dead, there is room at the top.
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Kind of like the "Connecticuttistananers for LIEberman?TwinTownBisonFan wrote:the one solely dedicated to getting ol arlen re-elected...Ivytalk wrote:
The Specter Party.
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Here's one case we agree. Truth is, ideologically, neither party wants him. He's just a vote both sides would just as soon do what he's told and keep his yapper shut.TwinTownBisonFan wrote:the one solely dedicated to getting ol arlen re-elected...Ivytalk wrote:
The Specter Party.
no broad-based political movement is ever going to be sustained by a plaintive cry of "moderation"... it rarely stokes the passion of the kind of people who make a political party go...
Having said that...
...TTBF...
...are more "independents" and "moderates" what we REALLY need on the Hill?
Everyone's always bitchin about polarization impeding legislative progress...but would a Congress of moderates only muck thinks up worse?
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Fvck it Tman. Campaign finance reform and ban lobbying.travelinman67 wrote:Here's one case we agree. Truth is, ideologically, neither party wants him. He's just a vote both sides would just as soon do what he's told and keep his yapper shut.TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
the one solely dedicated to getting ol arlen re-elected...
no broad-based political movement is ever going to be sustained by a plaintive cry of "moderation"... it rarely stokes the passion of the kind of people who make a political party go...
Having said that...
...TTBF...
...are more "independents" and "moderates" what we REALLY need on the Hill?
Everyone's always bitchin about polarization impeding legislative progress...but would a Congress of moderates only muck thinks up worse?
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