Hi Switzer. I see you signed up today just to tell me this.
I believe that the reason you have signed up today is because Specter is the last hope you and your friends have at some of the Bush agenda being blocked. The party you support has obstructed the president for 4 years, but no longer has the power to do so. Now your last hope is in a "moderate" Republican doing your dirty work. Anyone who calls Specter (or Chaffey or Snowe for that matter) a "moderate" around here just blew their cover.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a "moderate". John McCain is a "moderate". Rudy Giuliani is a "moderate". Arlen Specter is a flaming liberal.
Absolutely. There is room in the party for real moderates. Arlen is a liberal to the core.
Snowe and Collins are moderates. Chaffee is to the left of them.
But alas, as is always true up there in New England, if we didn't have them in those seats, the alternative would be outright communists. They are the best that we can get and we all know it.
We all want a solution to Specter, guy, but don't go too far. Any organization, even a political party, composed entirely of yes men is not good. I don't think we object to Specter in the party. We object to him having critical power.