Senator Spector becomes a Democrat

[lioneaglegriffin]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/specter.party.switch/index.html

[glockk9mm]

Did someone post this earlier?

[Rhys898]

Did someone post this earlier?

twice

[lioneaglegriffin]

where'd it go?

[lioneaglegriffin]

i see it was in OT, but this is politics?

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=178170

[ke6guj]

where'd it go?

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...hlight=spector appears to the the "official thread". Looks like there has been some thread merging into that thread.

[RomanDad]

So does this make him a DINO?

[CnCFunFactory]

So does this make him a DINO?

No it makes him another politician seeking re-election with regrettably the stronger party, due to how pathetic the Republicans are right now.

[lioneaglegriffin]

he just another lieberman. Joe switched to (I) because he couldn't win as a (D)

[nick]

I don't see how this changes the balance in Senate though. He voted with the Democrats most of the time, anyway. I actually thought he was a Democrat at first, not sure why, probably because of his views, and was surprised to find out he was a Republican.

[DDT]

I can't imagine his "colleagues" were disappointed, now they can finally run someone up against him.

[Steyr_223]

[rbgaynor]

I can't imagine his "colleagues" were disappointed, now they can finally run someone up against him.

They already had a conservative challenger lined up against him for the primary. In the last election Pennsylvania saw many moderate Republican voters switch parties. Specter saw the writing on the wall, he was going to have a tough time wining the nomination with the now more conservative (and also smaller) Pennsylvania Republican party. The Dems will give him a trouble free nomination and money - and he will win in the general election.

[lioneaglegriffin]

I don't see how this changes the balance in Senate though. He voted with the Democrats most of the time, anyway. I actually thought he was a Democrat at first, not sure why, probably because of his views, and was surprised to find out he was a Republican.

he was a democrat at one time in local politics, he switched and has claimed to be a republican since.