Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @07:52AM from the crossing-the-aisle dept.

Akido37 was one of many readers letting us know that US Sen. Arlen Specter has changed parties to become a Democrat. This gives the Democrats 59 seats in the Senate, and 60 if and when Al Franken gets seated from Minnesota. However, Specter said in his announcement that he will not be an automatic 60th vote for breaking Republican filibusters. While the senator's move seems to have surprised many Republicans, it is understandable to moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, who said, "You haven't certainly heard warm encouraging words of how they [Republicans] view moderates. Either you are with us or against us." Specter noted that in his home state of Pennsylvania, 200,000 formerly Republican voters switched party allegiance last year.

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Re:Fucking Democrat fags. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-28 08:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hmm, that's longer that I remember it being....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHq-9qmC4jI&feature=player_embedded
Arlen Specter, for one... by memorycardfull · 2009-04-28 08:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

welcomes our new Democratic overlords.
Re:And.... by WgT2 · 2009-04-28 09:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I guess you didn't live there long enough:

Number of tooth extractions soars by 30% in four years

Man pulls out 13 of his own teeth with pliers 'because he couldn't find an NHS dentist'

The posts on this site will give you an idea of the effects of socialized medicine.