Funny you should mention that - I went back over the old '04 threads and am pinging a couple of longtime FReepers who said exactly that at the time.
So, it's five years later. Bush is gone. Santorum is history. And Arlen is still with us, giving Zero the final nail in our nation's march towards socialism.
How's that "pragmatic" Specter vote looking now?
P.S. There were numerous others who said the same thing, but most were banned or suspended - many during the "purge" after they tried to inflict Rudy on us.
Is it yet known who the Democrat is Toomey will lose to?