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Specter Faces Make-or-Break Decision ( May leave GOP )
THE HILL ^
| 03/07/09
| Alexander Bolton
Posted on 03/09/2009 5:32:58 AM PDT by kellynla
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) does not have the fall-back option of running as an independent should he lose his 2010 primary election, giving the senior lawmaker strong incentive to abandon his party this year.
Specter faces an extremely difficult primary race against former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the conservative firebrand who lost his bid to oust Specter from his seat in the 2004 GOP primary by a mere 17,000 votes (out of more than a million cast).
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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: arlenspecter; arlensphincter; everheardofkeywords; everheardoftopics; gop; pennsylvania; rino
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Don't let the door hit you in the ass, Arlene...
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:32:58 AM PDT
by
kellynla
To: kellynla
If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell?
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:34:01 AM PDT
by
icwhatudo
To: icwhatudo
He used to be a (D)..............
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:34:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Zero has more Chicago Bull than Michael Jordan...................)
To: kellynla
Good riddance.
Please close the door tightly behind you, thank you.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:35:06 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:35:40 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: kellynla
My thoughts exactly. You don’t have Bush and Rove to save your butt this time.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:35:54 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(If the War on Terrorism is over, do the terrorist know that?)
To: kellynla
What difference will this make? None.
To: kellynla
Really. So sick of this piece of dog excrement.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:37:29 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: icwhatudo
If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell? Caucusing numbers, committee assignments, votes...minor things like that.
It's too bad this is coming so late. If it had been a few years earlier, the GOP couldn't have put Alito and Roberts on SCOTUS. :-(
</sarc>
I love how the zeal to destroy the GOP position (and glee over the prospect) is greater than it is for knocking out Democrats from their seats.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:38:23 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: icwhatudo
If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell? he'll start wearing dresses
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:38:39 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: kellynla
Bye bye Arlen— Pennsylvania’s useless Senator.
To: kellynla
DLTDHYOTWO, Arlen.
So, how do you think a three-way fight would play out?
Maybe Alen would draw more from the Democrat side, and a disciplined Republican campaign could prevail.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:39:31 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(BTW, Mods... It might be time to add "Barack" and "Obama" to spellcheck)
To: kellynla
The question is, will the GOP support Toomey?
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:39:56 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
(America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: kellynla
Who can fprget Bush telling everyone that Arleen is a good conservative.
I know, some here still think Bush is a conservative and Obama is a moderate.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:40:18 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
(A people unwilling to use violent force to defend liberty deserves the tyrant that rules them SP)
To: kellynla
This is PA! The dead vote early and vote often! Our very own ghoul, fast Eddie Rendel, is still the Governor and will make certain that all proper votes will be counted. Arlen has nothing to worry about.
To: kellynla
To: kellynla
He left a looong time ago.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:42:32 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: Red Badger
“Specter could run as an independent or return to the Democratic Party. He switched to the Republican Party in 1965 to run as district attorney in heavily Democratic Philadelphia in 1965.
“
To: Gondring
Get rid of Arleen a few years ago by having a real conservative in his seat. We would still have Alito and Roberts. Just one less RINO.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:44:39 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
(A people unwilling to use violent force to defend liberty deserves the tyrant that rules them SP)
To: icwhatudo
If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell? He'll be given a pass by the press of he tells a joke about minorities.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:44:51 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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