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On Specters and How They Haunt.

draxiom:

I don’t get the big deal. Senator Specter (Ex-R, Now D, Pennsylvania) has changed his party for one very public reason: he has no faith in the Pennsylvanian Republican electorate and doesn’t believe he will get reelected in the Republican primaries. That’s it. Politics. Obviously, for him, the party doesn’t matter, the paycheck does, and he probably won’t help pull-through with that “Filibuster-Proof” majority the Dems are all worked up about.

He even publicly states that he will not always vote with Dems on “matters of conscience.” Yeah, “conscience,” meaning his Republican track-record. To me, that’s even worse, because that just turns the party into a tool, not a representation of ideas, which is what it was originally designed to be. I’m pretty sure this old ghost’s dreams of being reelected in 2010 will manifest into haunting failures. Puns. I’m so clever.

I disagree with your post at some points. Sure, Specter is using the party as a tool, but that doesn’t mean that he already hasn’t made valuable contributions to the Democratic Party. For example, his recent vote for the stimulus package (one of three republicans that did vote for it) made the passage of the stimulus possible.

It might not always help, but I can understand why someone’s become disillusioned with the Republican Party and very impressed (especially as of late) with the Dems. Specter may be using the label as a political move, but so be it.

live. it. out.

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