I think you are shooting yourselves in the foot to continue attacking Senator Specter for making a politically pragmatic decision that he has been completely honest about. He is really more of an independent than republican or democrat. But he cannot win in PA as an independent like Joe Lieberman did in Conn. Conn is a different breed of political cat.

We need to stop overgeneralizing here. Better to have an independent-minded Specter than some anti-everything far-right-wing republican or another far-left-wing looney-tunes democrat who loooooves B0. Get over it, y’all. Specter needs to stay in the US Senate and he chose the only way that is possible.

Don’t be so rough on Specter! He made a pragmatic decision and made no bones about it. He’s been as upfront as any politician I’ve ever seen as to exactly why he is switching. As far as Obama’s PA “machine”, Obama does not have a machine! Obama LOST the PA primary. The only machine in PA is Ed Randell’s – and the reason 0 won PA in the ge. A democrat cannot be elected in PA without Rendell’s blessing and HIS machine. Governor Randell has already offered Specter his help.

Everyone needs to cool their jets. Specter is a good politician who has never been bound by party and does seem to have the people’s best interest at heart, regardless of his stimulus package “yes” vote. The other thing, however, is once someone switches parties, no one claims them. It’s pretty lonely. Neither side seems to trust them after that.

I also think Democrats in Pennsylvania are relatively conservative, so Specter might be an attractive candidate.

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I’d rather be dragged through the streets by the wrists slathered in bacon grease before I’d vote for Specter. And That One’s promise to campaign for him just sweetens the pot oh so much.

The part that really gets me is the selective memory of the bots. That One just blessed him and KAZZAM!! All sins of the past 20 years are forgiven. PATHETIC!

And with our PUMA collective memory that rift between PUMAs and Obamacrat party is going to get even wider. Way to cap 100 days, jack-hole. I look forward to watching American Idol tonight in defiance.

I like how Spector was for sticking with the party that elected him until he was against it because it was no longer beneficial for him. I hope he looses spectacularily in 2010 – Obama’s support or not!

If Spector gets to switcheroo, the the voters should get to recall their votes. It’s only fair.

As for the big 2 parties–there is no difference anyway. They are both for big government and neither can control spending although they talk constantly about it.

Libertarians are for smaller federal government and, in general, fiscally conservative and socially liberal. What’s not to love? The more people read up on this party, the stronger it will become.