Specter’s Olympic-worthy Performance
Arlen Specter apparently has no middle name. But he certainly deserves one. And judging by his performance on Howard Stern‘s radio show yesterday, he seems to have earned one. Arlen “Supple” Specter...
View ArticleThey Just Like Round Numbers
It’s not surprising to look through my feed reader and see that 90% of the politics posts are about Arlen Specter switching parties to avoid an impossible primary. And I don’t begrudge the people their...
View ArticleThis Looks Like a Sure Winner
On First Day as Democrat, Specter (Again) Bucks His Party – WaPo (4/29/09) Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) began his first full day as a Democrat since the early 1960s at a party-switching celebration hosted...
View ArticleIt’s OK Because He’s Your Douchebag, Right?
Arlen Specter is Barack Obama‘s kind of Democrat Jake Tapper: To follow-up on a couple of issues; one, regarding the Pennsylvania primary, President Obama has said he will commit to Senator Arlen...
View ArticleHallowed Senate Tradition > Actual Democracy
Last week I linked to an article about Senior Senate Democrats getting their panties in a twist over Arlen Specter being allowed to keep his Senate seniority: Several Democrats are furious with Sen....
View ArticlePriorities
Matt already blogged last night about Senate Democrats signaling to Arlen Specter that he can vote against key Democratic positions as early and as often as he likes, but he can’t expect to usurp their...
View ArticleRampant Republican Resurgence
When moderate Republican Arlen Specter left the Republican party, that was visible evidence of the imminent resurgence of the Republican party: Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision to switch parties and run...
View ArticleHead-scratcher
Here’s a funny one. On Tuesday, a well-known senator held a conference call with progressive bloggers. He was asked if, given Joe Lieberman’s threat to join the Republican filibuster, the senator...
View ArticleBet You Didn’t Know This
Shaun Mullen at Kiko’s House: Specter … changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in 1965 to challenge the incumbent Democratic district attorney in Philadelphia for his first electoral...
View ArticleMass Media Delusion
The media seems to have pledged their allegiance to the proposition that Arlen Specter lost to Joe Sestak yesterday because of a strong voter backlash. But it wasn’t a backlash against self-admitted...
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