[Stultis]

So, you left your good home and spent a year or two prostituting yourself to the "progressive" hard left; and now it looks like the "John" is gonna stiff you.

You thought you would be treated like a high price call girl, but you've ended up lower than a five dollar crack whore.

It could be worse. You could be Arlen Specter.

Oh, wait. You are Arlen Specter. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[PGalt]

Sweep ALL out or let them ALL resign and go back to their families. They only understand power. It’s time to flex OUR muscle. The soap box doesn’t work. They control all of the amplification devices. It’s time for the ballot box. It’s peaceful. It’s powerful.

[Dem Guard]

Specter should have been gone a long time ago........

[sodpoodle]

Term limits would guarantee *citizen* representation.

No perks.
No nepotism or family dynasties.
No retirement benefits.
Elected officials make an appropriate salary to pay for their own housing, food, travel and medical care.
Former military are exempt from some restrictions.

Give them a dose of reality and a reminder of our Founders’ principles.

[samtheman]

Scumsucking slimeball pretty much sums up Sphincter and his whole career.

[centurion316]

The Republican Party is not in danger of being dominated by the far Right. Most Republican Party politicians are to the left of their constituency, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Additionally, the truly right wing kooks will never hold much political power.

Within the Democrat Party, a much different dynamic holds true. The professional politicians are more radically left every year and, more importantly, the leadership of the Democrat Party are not traditional Democrats at all: they are hard core Leftists who should be labeled Progressives, Socialists, or Marxists. This trend shows no signs of slowing or reversing itself. Any traditional Democrat who manages to get elected must support the hard core left wing of their party and either becomes one of them or eventually loses election. America is not ready to have the Obamas, Reids, and Pelosis run the country, yet the Democrats will continue to give political power to them and those of their ilk.

[autumnraine]

“Sestak is positioning himself effectively to the left of Specter (although once Specter realized he was in for a more vigorous primary race than originally expected, he moved steadily leftward – just as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has moved rightward in his primary battle against former congressman J.D. Hayworth). “

Which shows that they are not honoring the party that they represent, they are honoring their own necks.

[okie01]

“So the irony is that an anti-incumbent election is apt to radicalize the parties even more,” Rockman explains. “That will take us farther from solving problems (rather) than closer.”

Au contraire, Mr. Rockman.

The only way to achieve political amity in the country is to squash today's Democrat party like a bug.

Only after an uncorrupted, new non-socialist party arises from the Democrat ashes can we hope to see real unity in the nation. <> Ours is a two-party system. We need two healthy parties. But we don't need a party which is intent on the destruction of the most successful country in history.

[Joe Boucher]

Like so many others of his ilk,
Arlen Specter deserves to be stoned in the public square.

[SuziQ]

"A CNN poll last week showed that only one-third of U.S. voters (a record-low number) think their members of Congress deserve to go back next year."

Now, if they would only VOTE that way, come November!

[BobL]

Spector will probably never figure this out, but all he really had to do was what McCain is now doing and give the Republicans a few key votes. (although it probably won’t work for McCain, due to being in AZ, and having a lot more baggage as a Republican). The idea of going to the other side and expecting help from those guys was nuts.

[phillyfanatic]

Hey, throwing out all, all of the Dem incumbants would be a great start to cleaning up DC. Then nominating people like Marlin St. in Indiana would be the next step.

[Defiant]

American politics has become dysfunctional: The parties have moved much farther to the right or to the left than the average voter wants or expects.

That's a canard, designed to make both "extremes" look bad, and tell people that moderate, a la Bayh, is the way to go.

The truth is that the Dems got taken over by their crazy loony left side, most of the Republican "elites" moved leftward, to embrace Health Care Lite, Cap'n Trade Lite, Stimuli, and all kinds of lefty ideas that we just have to go along with. The American people never moved left, just the elites. So, what appears "extreme" to the McCain, Grahamnesty, Snowe crowd is simply the American people continuing to espouse the values of Ronald Reagan and the American Constitution.

[Brugmansian]

Specter has come to symbolize the end of the incumbent.

He would make a great display in the Smithsonian.

[Christian4Bush]

bump

[no dems]

Who’s running in the GOP Primary for seat Specter now holds? Can anyone tell me?

[Impy]

RINO Susan Collins is sad Bayh is leaving. Instead of happy the GOP will get the seat now.