Specter joins the Dems

Platapus · 04-28-09, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Talk about hypocrasy.

Spector was just saying a month or so that he would 'never' change parties that he "Thought it important to have a balance in the senate".

I guess getting re-elected is more important than either representing his people or party allegiance.

You mean he is a politician who would lie to get reelected???

Oh my, what ever has become of US politics.

Max2147 · 04-28-09, 01:41 PM

Specter is still free to vote against the Dems on a filibuster, just like he was free to vote with them before the switch. So this doesn't really change the balance of power in the Senate.

The bigger worry is that his defection (and the reason for it) shows that there isn't much of a place for moderates in the Republican Party anymore.

Platapus · 04-28-09, 01:42 PM

That is the problem with being a moderate. Sometimes you are hated by both sides.

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04-28-09, 01:41 PM	#2
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Specter is still free to vote against the Dems on a filibuster, just like he was free to vote with them before the switch. So this doesn't really change the balance of power in the Senate. The bigger worry is that his defection (and the reason for it) shows that there isn't much of a place for moderates in the Republican Party anymore.