Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Sen. Arlen Spector (R-PA) Switching Parties, Democrats Rejoicing


Via JMG: "Moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Spector is switching to the Democratic Party, offering renewed hope of a filibuster-proof voting block for Senate Democrats. In a statement issued about noon as the Capitol was digesting the stunning turn of events, Mr. Specter said he had concluded that his party had moved too far to the right, a fact demonstrated by the migration of 200,000 Pennsylvania Republicans to the Democratic Party. “I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans..."

1 comments:

Amber LeMay said...

My "friend" Bob had a personal encounter with the Specter in March of 2008 and used my blog to tell about it: http://houseoflemay.blog-city.com/specter_sighting.htm