“He has been a Republican congressman for 5 terms”
Arlen Spectre was a Republican from 1965 until switching to the Democratic Party in 2009.
Jim Jeffords was a REpublican from 1989 until 2001.
Try again.
Well, obviously that settles it. If we re-elect Senator Specter in 2004, there's absolutely no way he would EVER switch to the Democrat Party. To even suggest the idea is just plain ridiculous. Specter had amble opportunity to switch before, like during the Watergate Democrat landslide of '74, and would have switched at that time if he wasn't a loyal Republican.
Furthermore, Senator Specter already voted AGAINST Hillarycare, so there's absolutely NO way he would support socialized medicine. Re-electing Senator guarantees the Democrats won't have 60 votes to pass socialized medicine. A vote for Specter is also a vote against activist judges. Specter has repeatedly said he will oppose a Democrat judge outside the mainstream, and will be a Republican vote in the Senate against a future Democrat nominee. We need him on the judiciary committee to stop a future Democrat president from ramming through a radical judge like Elena Kagan.
Finally, let's remember that Pennsylvania is a DEEP BLUE STATE. Therefore, you have to be completely delusional if you think Pat Toomey can get elected in that state. Pennsyvania voted for Clinton twice, Gore, and Kerry. Believe me I'd love it if we could elect a Jim DeMint type candidate in Pennsylvania, but the fact is RINOs are the only kinds of Republicans who can win a state like that. Pat Toomey will never, EVER be Senator.
< / Kirk supporter logic >
Aren't we lucky that voters accepted the "wisdom" of the RINO supporters here?