NOTE: Spector is a switch from way back. He was a Democrat until 1965. He’s been a Republican since then — well, until today.
As one commenter said on The Political Carnival blog, “omg — all the repubs just dookied in their pants.”
Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move that will push Democrats closer to total control of the U.S. Senate.Specter’s switch is a huge boost for President Barack Obama as he tries to advance his agenda on energy policy, health care reform and other issues.
With 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber, Obama’s fellow Democrats could stop Republican filibusters — stalling tactics used to delay or defeat legislation.
Read the rest of this MSNBC.com article here.
Now, if Norm Coleman would stop being such a whiney baby poor looser, the Dems will have 60 votes in the Senate. Why is 60 the magic number? With 60 votes, Democrats can push through damn near any legislation they want — all while swearing they’re not voting along party lines.
WATCH: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, “Norm, it’s over; you lost.”
Specter on being a switch in the 60s:
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 5, 2009.
Lets shine a little more light on this situation. Leave it to the liberals to leave out the facts that dont help. A recent poll showed Specter was losing badly in his re-election bid. This is something similar to what happened to Joe Lieberman. So Specter is looking out for Specter.
Wouldnt Specter be a verteran democrat also?
As for Coleman, he has a great case so why would he drop it. If justice is done Coleman will win. The incredible double standards used for counting hard to determine ballots was just shameful in MN. During the last 20 or 30 years if a democrat lost by 1000 votes or less, votes begin to magically appear out of cars trunks and trash cans. The race is always pushed to be over after the dem has created enough new votes and will not settle for the natural course of events to unfold. So let the cheater AL wait for justice to be served for the honorable Coleman. (Al himself did not cheat just the democrats handling the votes)
so what? no real change here…the republicans and democrats are like 2 big gangs fighting over turf — the US taxpayer. Nothing changes when the other is in power, just who gets the spoils…
I will go along with your point for a second to make one statement. You will go into the toliet faster with the Democrats in power, especially in a non-divided government setting.