[ExTxMarine]

So, you mean he is going to finally become a Republican? Thank God, I was getting tired of him getting the support of the RNC, while they didn’t get his support in return! So, that money finally pans out as a good investment!

Wait, what do you mean his is “switching” to the Democrat party? Sorry, I am confused! Can someone explain?

[SunkenCiv]

Toomey (mostly):

• Former Lehigh Valley Rep. Pat Toomey considering gubernatorial run (PA)
• Franco's unlikely to drop a Pa. election (Franco Harris to run for Senate?)
• Arlen Specter, Living Dangerously (remarks from Pat Toomey)
• Toomey: Running against Specter 'back on table'
• News Item: Former PA Congressman Pat Toomey may Oppose Arlen Specter in Next Year's PA GOP Primary
• Toomey to Take On Specter Again?
• Toomey to challenge Specter again (The Hunt for Benedict Arlen!)
• Santorum camp said to be having conference call concerning possible Toomey Specter primary
• Specter-Toomey Rematch Is On; Vitter Primary Challenges Fade
• Toomey Can Put Specter Out of GOP's Misery
• Sen Specter talks card check, Toomey on WILK-FM (is NOT switching to Dem)
• Specter: Toomey is like one of those AIG employees...
• Toomey starts out leading Specter by 14
• Specter Running Ads against Toomey before Toomey Officially Announces (semi-vanity)
• Specter: Toomey can't win, is to right of Santorum
• Specter: Toomey 'like those AIG guys'
• Pat Toomey Will Announce
• Specter's Stimulus Vote Looms Large in Race [with Toomey] [Cornyn supporting Specter]
• Toomey resigns as head of anti-tax group [to "pursue other opportunities"] [Snarlin' Arlen]
• Good news: GOP Senate committee to back Specter over Toomey
• Toomey announces GOP senate bid (to take on Specter)
• Conservative launches challenge to Pa.'s Specter (GOP win or loss, time for Specter to go)
• Specter Faces Conservative Challenge From Familiar Foe
• Toomey vs. Specter, part two [taking out the RINO trash] [Club for Growth endorses DeMint, Coburn]
• An interview with Pat Toomey (Toomey says he can win in Penn)
• After The Tea Parties, The First Test, Pat Toomey vs. Arlen Specter
• True Grit: Specter Declares War on Toomey
• House Democrat Leaders: Tea Partiers Are Racist, Nazi, Gun Nuts
• Video: Specter has harsh words for Toomey; tries linking him to Frank, Dodd
• Senator Cornyn, Please Do Not Support Specter Against Pat Toomey
• The case for Pat Toomey? Why, Arlen Specter, of course [PA 2010] [purge the RINOs]
• [Penna.] State GOP Chairman Contradicts NRSC Chief Cornyn [backs Toomey]
• Specter Well Behind Toomey in Pa. GOP Primary (Toomey leading Specter by 21 percentage points)
• Toomey Beats Specter!
• PA Sen Poll: Specter Down 21 (Zito video interview with Pat Toomey)
• Toomey Crushing Specter by 21 in New Poll
• Poll Finds Specter Down 21 Points to Toomey
• Toomey Talks (Pennsylvania, PLEASE ELECT HIM!!!!!)

[SunkenCiv]

general background:

• Specter Bleeds Support in PA after Stimulus Vote, Is Dem's "Top Target" in 2010
• Good News! Specter's Numbers Tanking In PA
• Good News! Specter's numbers tanking in PA
• Devon Generally to Challenge Arlen Specter for U.S. Senate
• And so how does the left show their appreciation for turncoat Senator RINO Specter?
• Specter Faces Make-or-Break Decision ( May leave GOP )
• Arlen Specter's route to survival
• Conservative Peg Luksik to challenge Arlen Specter
• Irey approached to run against Specter
• Kerry changes his tune (and Specter asking pols for open primary; he's worried)
• Ed Rendell/Bob Casey try to get Specter to switch sides
• Dems press Specter to switch sides. Should GOP Expel Specter? Sign Petition.
• Specter won't rule out run as an Independent
• Arlen Specter Hints He May Spurn GOP (Could we so lucky?)
• Specter trying to change rules to make GOP Senate race an open primary
• Specter Knows Who His Friends Are
• Turnout will drive PA 2010 Senate race
• We hear in Texas that Michael Steele is supporting Arlen Specter's candidacy.
• Arlen Specter to switch party
• CNN reporting Arlen Spector is switching Parties
• Sources: Specter intends to switch parties (AP)
• RHINO No More- Specter to Switch Parties- A Copy of his Statement
• Specter's statement: "Not defined" by party
• Specter To Switch Parties: (fillibuster-proof majority with Franken)
• Biden, Casey, Rendell Lobbied Specter to Switch (More Details)

Chrissy was gonna run, remember?

• Matthews Weighs Senate Bid in PA (Tingle Time!)
• Matthews For Senate? Chris Says Anything But 'No'
• Matthews: 'I Want To Be a Senator'
• A 'Hardball' Senator? (Matthews thinking of going up against Specter)
• Murtha sheds little light on possible Specter challenger at YMCA event (Chris Mathews)
• Western PA Dem leader confirms Matthews inquisitive
• (Chris) Matthews could be haunted by his own words
• Early poll shows Specter/Matthews close
• Chris Matthews now in doubt for senate run
• Matthews not running; Shapiro, Murphy rise to top

[SunkenCiv]

more specific background:

• Pennsylvania voters divided over Specter reelection
• A Possible Republican challenger for Specter in 2010
• Arlen Specter losing support of Republican peers
• What Happens to Liberal (Extremist) GOP Senators? (Hint: Like Liberal Rep's, They Lose.)
• Letter to Chairman Steele [re: Specter, Snowe, Collins]
• Does Specter have an Orie primary problem?
• Steele on GOP primary: 'I am open to that baby'
• Gleason: Pa. GOP may not back Specter
• Specter could be 'toast' in 2010 election, pollster says
• Specter Facing Pressure From All Sides as 2010 Vote Nears
• Specter's move makes it easier on everyone
• Friday Senate Line: Two Old Bulls in Trouble (Dodd, Specter face tough elections)
• Arlen Specter Wins Howard Stern's Endorsement
• National GOP to Back Specter
• Sen. Cornyn Throws Support to Sen. Specter [RINO Party]
• Specter Tells Dems I'm going to need you to become Republicans, Republicans at least for a day
• Cornyn On Specter: "Best Bet" To Keep PA Seat With GOP

Specter vs Palin:

• Sen. Arlen Specter Says McCain Can Win Pennsylvania - Video 8/24/08
• Specter, Rendell Offer Post-Election Perspectives (Palin Not Future Of Party)
• Rendell, Specter say Palin hurt McCain's chances

[SunkenCiv]

additional (mostly relevant):

• Arlen Specter wants Bailout Proposal Put on the Internet 24 hrs Before Any Voting
• Opposed to Holder without Apology - The shameful pardons are disqualifying.
• Senate Dems look to GOP moderates for help [McCain, RINOs]
• FR EXCLUSIVE: Senator Specter challenged with Marc Rich info...will he call Denise Rich to testify?
• Specter shows questionable taste (ethinic jokes)
• Pennsylvania still matters
• Moderate Republicans may be in big demand in Senate [Specter/Collins]
• U.S. Senate Democrats will need some Republican help [RINO Hall of Shame]
• Specter's dilemma
• Democrats Rush Holder Confirmation
• Obama pick faces questions over bombers' clemency (Eric Holder - Thursday) Hussein & terrorists?
• Specter draws blood from Holder
• Holder Hearing Ends with Some Fireworks
• Holder Hearing ( Obama's choice for Attorney General of the United States )
• Holder Defends Terrorists' Clemency, Calls Rich Pardon a 'Mistake'
• Ten Dems Obama should watch out for
• Tim Geithner confirmed (with GOP support)
• Specter Offers Support to Holder for Attorney General(Now Obama can cover his skeletons)
• Specter now supports Holder
• Obama Charms the Republicans while Specter Charms the Dems
• The Specter Votes: What a Mess
• The Four Republican Senators Open to Working With Obama
• OBAMA LIVE ON TV: Oh my. We're in a Recession. We're all gonna die!!
• Please Email Collins/Snowe/Specter Chiefs of Staff (Emails Provided)
• Voinovich Drops Out of Stimulus Talks [Woo hoo!! Keep the pressure on!!]
• And Then There Were Two? (Collins wavering, Snowe & Specter still in) [Keep the pressure on!!]
• Email Specter's Chief of Staff Now: "Vote NO!" (email provided for you)
• Live on Cspan: "compromise" bill being debated
• Specter: Will it be yes, no or Scottish Law?
• QUORUM CALL VOTE ON PORCULUS
• ACORN, MoveOn.org Could Receive Billions of Dollars - "Economic Stimulus" Designed to Aid...
• Senators Reach Accord on Stimulus Plan as Jobs Vanish (Collins, Snowe, Specter)
• Specter: Stimulus deal 'best we can do'
• Snowe, Collins and Specter To Side Against Taxpayers on Socialist Spending Spree (ACTION ALERT)
• Defeat Marxism!! Defeat Porkulus!! Target your wrath!!
• Any Republican Congressman or Senator who votes for any form of Porkulus is a traitor!!
• Barely Bipartisan But a Senate Stimulus Deal is Done
• Competing Bills on Stimulus Divide Congress(Drudge Headline)
• Proud to be an unpatriot in Obama's America
• Comparison of economic stimulus plans (Senate Democrats and "Moderate" Republicans vs. House)
• GOP Senators Risk Political Backlash Over Support of Stimulus Bill
• Time to put pressure on Arlen Specter
• GOP Senators Risk Political Backlash Over Support of Stimulus Bill
• Google News: 271 hits for Porkulus---Eleven in last 24 hours---Dems, Liberals OUTED!
• GOP senators 'caved in' on stimulus, Paul says
• Stimulus Bill Far From Perfect, Obama Says [Say Again]
• Stimulus will lead to 'disaster,' Republican warns (Rats and 3 RINOs, you've been warned)
• Media Ignore CBO Report Bashing Senate Stimulus Plan
• Melanie Morgan to Join Jim Robinson in Porkulus Freep at Senate Monday
• Welfare Spendathon: House Stimulus Bill Will Cost Taxpayers $787 Billion in New Welfare Spending
• Sen. Mitch McConnell Statement on Proposed $820 Billion Spending Bill
• Obama: It's stimulus or 'catastrophe' [Defeat Obama's Marxist Porkulus!!]
• Federal Spending Was on 'Starvation Diet' During Bush Years, Says Democratic Senator
• Sens. Specter, Collins and Snowe Will Sentence Us to $9.7-Trillion Hell
• Email Staff of Sen. Specter/Collins/Snowe (emails provided) (we cannot give up)
• Email Staff of Sen. Specter/Collins/Snowe (emails provided) (do not give up)
• Three Republican Senators Bring Socialism
• Specter is a marked "moderate"
• SPECTER EXPLAINS HIMSELF
• Text of Letter Delivered to Senators Specter, Collins and Snowe by Freepers Today(Porkulus)
• RINO Watch: "Simulus" Turncoats
• Cornyn: Fla. Senate race 'open field' (Jim Robinson, Melanie Morgan, Porkulus Protest mentioned)
• Specter to GOP: Don't push Pelosi too far (Wimp Alert)
• Specter, Snowe, Collins Anger GOP Base
• Senate Cloture motion on $1 Trillion pork bill passes, 61-36 [FTR: Senator Corker DOESN'T support it
• Cat Moy: Storming the Gates and Aiming at Porkulus-enabler Specter (MAF Report on PORKULUS)
• Laura Ingraham to Renegade Sen. Specter: 'Is It Nice to Be Wined and Dined at the White House?'
• Conservative Activists Descend on Arlen Specter's Office to Protest Stimulus Support - Video 2/9/09
• Specter sees fiscal woes bigger than political risk
• Specter Says Senate Stimulus Must Emerge from Conference 'Virtually Intact' to Win His Support
• Specter, Snowe, Collins Anger GOP Base - (Freepers make the news!)
• Sen. Specter Responds to Health Care Scare in Stimulus Bill
• Three Republican Senators Voting with Dems Targeted [Specter, Snowe, Collins]
• Obama plans regular happy hours
• Specter crushed on all sides by stimulus vote
• Why I Stormed Sen. Specter's Office (by Melanie Morgan, Porkulus Freep Makes Wash. Times!)
• Porkulus Passes, Lord help Us
• Senate Approves Stimulus: Urgent Final Talks Begin
• Pelosi frustrated by Senate [Spector, Snowe & Collins threaten to pull out. Kill Porkulus]
• Sen. Arlen Specter Bucks Party Leadership, Supports Obama's Economic Stimulus Package
• Profs: Vote by Specter for Stimulus Bill Smart
• BREAKING NEWS: Lawmakers have reached deal on stimulus plan, Sen. Reid announces
• My Call to Senator Specter's Office
• The Unseen Hand of Arlen Specter?(ACORN to Limbaugh-Style Tax Cuts to TV Cameras in the Conf. Room)
• How Maine's GOP Senators Are Key to Obama's Agenda [barf]
• Let's Start Pressuring Specter Over Card Check (email provided for Chief of Staff)
• Support Dips For Rendell And Specter
• Great Depression Predictions may be too Sanguine
• 'Last Straw' For Specter, Say Conservatives (throw the RINOS out!)
• Smacking Specter, When His Vote Matters
• Stimulus Sellout: 3 Gop Senators Slashed Billions in Tax Cuts; Specter Got $6.5 Billion [cancer]
• One Ringy Dingy, Two Ringy Dingy's, Three ...(Mel Morgan, Specter, Jim Robinson FollowUp)
• E-Verify Program Removed From 'Stimulus' Package (Illegal Immigrants Can Now Benefit From Porkulus
• Gregg Ditches Commerce Post, RNC Offers Specter
• RNSC Claims No Calls Regarding Snow, Collins, and Specter Campaign Funding
• The Rehabilitation of Snowe, Collins, and Specter
• Why (and how) Specter voted for the Stimulus
• Specter, a Fulcrum of the Stimulus Bill, Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money
• The real betrayal of Specter, Collins, and Snowe
• Rasmussen: Stimulus vote costing Specter
• Sen. Specter Jeered For Voting For Stimulus
• Sen. Specter Jeered For Voting For Stimulus Plan
• Specter defends stimulus vote [Pennsylvania RINO alert]
• Letter from Arlen Specter
• (Arlen) Sphincter Passes Trillion-Dollar Turd, Then Gets Jeered at Home (video)
• Anti-Stimulus [Tea Party] Protests Sprout Up
• H-2B Cap Exemption Introduced in Senate (SPECTER)
• Video: RNC Chair Says He's Open To Punishing GOP Defectors (Snowe, Collins, Specter)
• Old people are not dying fast enough for RINO Specter
• Specter's 'reluctant' vote helped firm with ties to his wife
• 'Radical' nominee Ogden moves to Senate for vote
• Biden takes the chair, again
• [Embryonic] Stem cell research supporters offer U.S. Senate bill [Specter/Hatch+Democrats]
• Obama economic advisor Buffett against 'card-check'
• Shape-changing UFO over Berks County, PA
• Specter says nation on 'brink of a depression'
• Rising above partisanship
• 'Card check' bill on the way (Bill Introduced Today - Warren Buffet Opposes EFCA)
• DUI defendant claims that he's his own country
• Senator Specter's payoff for betraying his party: betrayal of his state
• Specter Backs Ogden For Deputy Attorney General (Porn Defender)
• Pa. liquor board will teach workers to be bubbly
• Does Peg Luksik Agree With Her Birther Running Mate?
• Specter on Eric Holder
• Investigators busy with UFO sightings (PA)
• Democrat Vincent Fumo (D) Convicted of 137 Counts of Corruption
• Area's U.S. legislators talk bailout (BOHICA)
• 10th Amendment Rally(Pennsylvania)
• If 'Earmark' Is a Dirty Word, Pennsylvanians Must Be Blushing
• Murtha Earmarks for His "Racist, Redneck" Constituents Spark Outrage (video)
• Guess what Murtha has been given by the Navy!
• No disruptions at Ayers' visit [Terrorism Task Force Protects Domestic Terrorist at Millersville U]
• 5,000 evacuated after hazardous acid spill in Pa.
• 5,000 evacuated after hazardous acid spill in Pa.
• ACORN Whistleblowers Produce Shocking Testimony on Capitol Hill
• Expel Specter Petition UPDATE: Benedict Arlen wins 2010 primary
• Only Conserva-tarians Can Save the GOP
• The Specter of a New Arlen [Charlie Crist]
• After Much Pressure, Specter To Oppose Cloture &Amp; Passage On Card Check
• Specter delivers death blow to labor union bill
• The power of 41 (GOP scores a big win against card check)
• Arlen Specter Won't Support Card Check
• Being Fair to Senator Specter
• Bones may be from 19th-century gravesite[PA][Irish]
• Judge orders expungement of juvenile court records [Luzerne Co. PA]
• 'Probably The Dumbest Criminal In Pennsylvania'
• YES...Arlen Sphincter's a RINO
• Arlen's Inspiration
• Business Beats Card Check -- For Now
• Specter Knows: Card Check Is Good for Union Leaders, Democrats, Bad for America
• GOP eyes the mid-term
• Fish-planting really brings out crowds
• Sheepdogs are hosting a TEA PARTY
• Unions get rowdy during Joe the Plumber Pittsburgh rally
• Road to reelection will be a rough one-Specter has fewer options than Lieberman did.
• Arlen Specter: From RINO to RICO
• Video: I'm Arlen Specter, and I'm scared
• Court kills challenge to (PA) city gun law
• 'Suicide Bomber-Type' Vest Found In Mt. Washington (Pennsylvania)
• Woo hoo!! Our 2nd QTR 2009 FReepathon is now underway!! [Thread II]
• Judge upholds Lancaster's ban on firing guns
• Card-check, Plan B & 2010
• Specter Running Scared: Expel Arlen
• Non-profit head steals over $400,000 from needy children
• The State Lawsuit Racket (the seedy politician-trial lawyer alliance)
• Study: We're the happiest state in the nation
• Pennsylvania Pie Fight: State Cracks Down on Baked Goods
• Pennsylvania becomes teacher 'supply state'
• Specter Guilty - 2nd degree murder
• Benedict Arnolds of the GOP [Collins, Snowe, Specter] [RINO Party]
• Non-Partisan Group Estimates Number of Electoral Votes in Each State in 2012
• Phil Spector: Murder, Madness And Shocking Hair
• Mad Hatter, Taxpayers Hold 'TEA Party' In Market Square (Pittsburgh)
• Tea Party Pictures!
• 2 more narcotics officers off street in light of misconduct probe
• Mercury Astronauts
• Lessons Unlearned (Frum for Specter)
• Pittston Area superintendent faces corruption charges (FBI probe of school districts)
• David Frum is apparently illiterate [Vanity]
• Poplawski's lawyer wants governor gagged, too (Fast Eddie)
• Woo hoo!! Over 600 TEA Parties, 750,000 patriots, all 50 states engaged!! (FReepathon thread VII)
• Hempfield boy, 10, orders 'secure' PSSA test with ease
• Murtha's Earmarks Keep Airport Aloft
• Rendell debates NRA on gun control
• Second Amendment Second to None Rally(4/21/09)
• The Tax Day Tea Party a huge SUCCESS!! Gov, media shocked and speechless!! (FReepathon thread VIII)
• Specter visits Drexel, speaks about global warming [in direct support of carbon taxes]
• 'Ammunition Accountability' Legislation. (No ammo sales after 6/30/2009)
• Pa. GOP Holds Out on Specter
• Murtha's Defense Earmarks Draw Question - FBI Investigates Those Close To Powerful Lawmaker
• Hempfield boy, 10, orders 'secure' PSSA tests with ease (No Child Left Behind!)
• Gun-Rights Advocates Rally At Capitol (Pennsylvania)
• A Lawyer, Some Teens and a Fight Over 'Sexting'
• Alloway proposes changes to self-defense laws (Pennsylvania)
• Earth Day Philly Style
• Sixteen years old - Philly Tea Party
• Today's Question: Would stricter gun laws curb shootings? (POLL)
• Long Live Conservatism! Long Live Liberty! (2nd qtr '09 FReepathon thread IX)
• Earth Day, Philly Style. (Founder Loved Planet, Murdered Girlfriend)
• Remote Murtha airport lands big bucks from Washington
• Election 2010: Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary
• Venezuela to give island to New Jersey
• Philly-area man accused of sex with teen boys
• Cop Kills Suspected Home Invader
• Five Phila. officers fired, three over slurs
• Will tea parties 'throw bums out' in 2010? [no more RINOs] [85% of Americans agree with Tea Parties]
• Manipulating Conservatives Won't Work
• Dismissing tea parties is perilous
• Valley Forge Tea Party
• Penn State's Anti-Veteran Bias
• Exec defends airport funding (Murtha pal reports)
• Pa. Senate GOP set for budget clash with Rendell
• What about Card Check (Specter)?

[PERKY2004]

[luvie]

Hope that pig gets his butt kicked during the next election!

If they want a DIM, they should vote for a REAL one...not
a turncoat from his “former” party!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hey, Arlen, don’t let America hit you in the ass on the way out!

[Shqipo]

Has Larry King “saluted” him yet tonight for his “courage” as he did jumpin’ Jim Jeffords years ago? The whole of DC is infested with treacherous turds.

[John O]

Do you think that maybe now the RNC will stop supporting that socialist?

We should have been rid of him years ago. Good ol’ Arlen “Scottish Law” Sphincter

[Theodore R.]

Proof further that the people of PA don’t know much politically — no President from there since the first Buchanan.

[fwdude]

What!? He’s switching from Democrat to Republican!!!?

[Left2Right]

Good Riddance. Now if only a few more like him would leave...

[OrangeHoof]

Arlen Specter...adding new meaning to the phrase “swine flew”.