Specter switches parties.

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  • Brian
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 2164

    #1

    Specter switches parties.

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  • RobinFinderson
    Banned
    • Nov 2008
    • 10548

    #2
    Sweet! Let the brain drain continue.

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    • myboynoah
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2008
      • 21719

      #3
      Job security is very important in these troubled times.

      But with whom will Obama now do the Bipartisan dance?
      Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

      For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

      Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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      • byu71
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 22070

        #4
        Sweet, he is a jackass I prefer being called a democrat.

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        • HuskyFreeNorthwest
          Time to camp
          • Nov 2008
          • 26082

          #5
          This is a big get. Repubs already had the Menendez boys, unless they switched on the illegal immigration issue.
          Get confident, stupid
          -landpoke

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          • YOhio
            Hipster Mode
            • Nov 2008
            • 26165

            #6
            If Obama thinks Arlen Specter is the magic bullet he needs to kill the GOP, he's got another thing coming. It will warren a lot more than that to put us out of commission.

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            • byu71
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 22070

              #7
              Originally posted by YOhio View Post
              If Obama thinks Arlen Specter is the magic bullet he needs to kill the GOP, he's got another thing coming. It will warren a lot more than that to put us out of commission.
              Actually, I was moving more to the center. Even thinking of becoming an independent. Specter was one of the most upopular guys on my radar list. He is a major grandstander and I welcome him as a dem.

              I still might move to being an independent, but Specter makes it even more sure I will never become a dem.

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              • myboynoah
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2008
                • 21719

                #8
                Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                This is a big get. Repubs already had the Menendez boys, unless they switched on the illegal immigration issue.
                It's Arlen Specter, not Phil Spector.

                Sometimes I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels with some of you.
                Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                • TripletDaddy
                  sweet triple
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 58186

                  #9
                  Originally posted by myboynoah View Post
                  It's Arlen Specter, not Phil Spector.

                  Sometimes I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels with some of you.
                  I was way off. I thought that was Yahoo Serious!
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                  • UtahDan
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                    • Nov 2008
                    • 14496

                    #10
                    Interesting. Is there any indication whether he will run for another term? I know is health has been poor.

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                    • YOhio
                      Hipster Mode
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 26165

                      #11
                      Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                      Interesting. Is there any indication whether he will run for another term? I know is health has been poor.
                      That's why he switched. Pat Toomey declared his intention on running and Specter knew he would lose in the primary.

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                      • UtahDan
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                        • Nov 2008
                        • 14496

                        #12
                        Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                        That's why he switched. Pat Toomey declared his intention on running and Specter knew he would lose in the primary.
                        Ah. Makes sense now.

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                        • il Padrino Ute
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19161

                          #13
                          Like all others, Spector is a politician. He'll do whatever necessary to keep himself in office. I'm surprised Hatch didn't make the switch so he could remain as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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                          • TheAzzuri
                            Junior Member
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 454

                            #14
                            Yikes, a filibuster-proof majority is scary.

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                            • JohnnyLingo
                              La Naranja
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 3976

                              #15
                              Originally posted by TheAzzuri View Post
                              Yikes, a filibuster-proof majority is scary.
                              Not if your side has said majority. For example: Robin, HFN and BlueHair will have no problem with it. Meanwhile, UtahDan, Indy and Tex will.

                              For the record, it scares me, too.

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