[TBarnett34]

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.

[taxesareforever]

And when the Senate majority is as narrow as it is today, that's absolutely preferable over any RAT.

Please tell me what a Senate majority has done for the Republicans in the last 4 years.