If we gained at least five other Senate seats from the RATs, I'd be happy with Specter looking for a new job. In our current fight to keep the majority, however, we upsettingly do need our RINOs.
Why? He never votes the Bush way anyway. We'd be better off with someone who in all likelyhood would vote the Bush way at least 50% of the time.
| Senate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 2003 | 2002 | YOS | Life |
| Arlen Specter (R) | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | + | + | + | - | 65 | 50 | 23 | 43 |
Is he a conservative? Not really. Does he count as an "R" vote for the Senate majority? Absolutely. And when the Senate majority is as narrow as it is today, that's absolutely preferable over any RAT.