Comments on: Specter’s First Vote as Democrat is to Kill Top Obama Priority

By: Husker

Husker — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:42:37 +0000

Specter didn’t need to waste an Aye vote on this albatross because it was an unpopular bill.

Let me know when he’s the #60 vote to defeat a prized piece of legislation on the Obama American Makeover Project then I’ll cheer.

Until then meh.

By: Tanggor

Tanggor — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:56:06 +0000

Don’t believe everything you see. He probably did it on specific instructions from the Obamunist.

“Vote against us on these couple things, Arlen old buddy. That’ll throw ‘em off a bit! Keep ‘em guessing.”

In this town (Washington Metro Area) nothing is ever as it seems. There are always wheels withing wheels. Uncover the agenda behind an action, and I can assure you there are more agendas underneath, like the layers of an onion.

Arlen is a self-serving weasel. The true benefit to him of his actions will not always be easily seen.

By: JustLeaveMeAlone

JustLeaveMeAlone — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:48:44 +0000

n/t

By: conservativemusician

conservativemusician — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:31:43 +0000

Several of whom are hacked off at Reid for making a backroom deal with Specter that would allow him to go to the top of the food chain on Dem committee assignments based on his total number of years in the Senate (although none of them were served in Democratic party).

It is a bit of sweet irony that key Dem Senators are not offering the welcome mat to Specter for switching over, so I would imagine this came as a surprise to him and ticked him off as well. This actually may turn out in the end to be just as effective as Operation Chaos was…and I’ll greatly enjoy watching the infighting from the other side of the aisle for once.

Also, I wonder if Obama is still so enthused now about campaigning for Specter next year…Something tells me that Specter might be receiving a severed horse’s head in his bed pretty soon if he keeps straying off the Obama reservation.

By: Return to Revolution

Return to Revolution — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:32:29 +0000

By: JLenardDetroit

JLenardDetroit — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:49:41 +0000

we certainly won’t hear the MSM reporting it that way… like they completely ignored that more Democrats voted with Republicans (House) against the Porkulus and focused on the 3 Stooges in the Senate.

By: ciscoguy

ciscoguy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:38:08 +0000

Whatever his motivations are, if there’s some prestige to be had by becoming the Senate x-factor, or whatever the case may be, I think this is going to work out great.

If Specter remained a Republican, Toomey would have defeated him. As a Democrat, I think it’s really anyone’s guess who would win in the general, but I’d certainly rather Toomey lost to Specter than some full-fledged liberal. It would certainly be an interesting race.

There’s a chance a real Democrat could challenge Specter, but I think it’s highly unlikely for that person to get the nomination. And, if for some reason Specter lost in a primary to another Democrat, we’d be right back to where we were hoping to be before Specter moved to the dark side: Toomey vs. whomever

By: TxCon

TxCon — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:52:10 +0000

opponent as well, if he keeps this up.

By: Swamp_Yankee

Swamp_Yankee — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:49:50 +0000

so who cares. The idea that Specter couldnt have been of any value for the next 15 months is insanity. Falling off the cliff of socialism and spitting in the wind.

By: Swamp_Yankee

Swamp_Yankee — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:49:50 +0000

so who cares. The idea that Specter couldnt have been of any value for the next 15 months is insanity. Falling off the cliff of socialism and spitting in the wind.

By: Pomme

Pomme — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:08:03 +0000

That’s funny.

Methinks somebody got a little too used to bucking his party, and it just came natural to him.

By: realityunwound

realityunwound — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:05:05 +0000

Where ever you go, there you are. The guy is the chief representative of the Republic of Arlen. This is brilliant. Let him keep it up. Makes Toomey’s job that much easier.

By: redneck_hippie

redneck_hippie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:04:33 +0000

for any number of reasons. Needing to build a war chest in only about 5 years would be a powerful motivator, and it’s proven that there is only one guy on the Specter team.

By: Thomas_Hauber

Thomas_Hauber — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:28:15 +0000

Let Specter the defector be a DINO for awhile. The Dems will learn to despise him as much as Republicans did.