Specter Faces Make-or-Break Decision ( May leave GOP )

THE HILL ^ | 03/07/09 | Alexander Bolton

[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).

[Izzy Dunne]

If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell?

We can laugh at him WITHOUT tears.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I know, some here still think Bush is a conservative

Bush WAS a conservative - after all, he wanted to conserve the big government, big spending ways of his predecessor in office, and which had been the tendency in the US government since the 1930s.

I, on the other hand, am a radical who wants to dynamite the whole thing (figuratively, of course) and reduce the gov't back to its proper limits.

[randita]

If Specter changes party affiliation to Democrat and assuming Toomey is a shoe-in for the GOP nod, I will change my registration to Democrat to vote against him in the Democrat Primary. I’m sure I won’t be the only Pennsylvanian to do so.

[misterrob]

He voted like a democrat on the porkulus package. Is the party really going to miss him all that much?

[SECURE AMERICA]

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, Arlene...

As a Pennsyvanian who was not represented by Specter because he was a lying sack of crap about what he was I could not agree more.

[cblue55]

What’s make or break about this?

[Michigan Bowhunter]

Pack you sheeeeiiiitttt and get the phuck out !!!!!!!

[Michigan Bowhunter]

Pack you sheeeeiiiitttt and get the phuck out !!!!!!!

[Old Retired Army Guy]

I think the GOP will support Toomey, but unless things change he loses to whoever the Dem. candidate is in PA.

[ladyvet]

[silverleaf]

I hope this 80 yr old addled narcissist runs again for senate as a democrat!

Rules out any conflict in getting GOP money

but someone how I doubt the dems really want him

[Theodore R.]

Does he have to have Rendell’s permission to switch? I think he should switch — this will show how wrong GWB was about Specter.

[Terrence DoGood]

Who gives a sh*t. Good riddance loser

[SoFloFreeper]

Bye, AS.

[Neverforget01]

If he runs as a Democrat, will the Democrats vote for him? No party wants a traitor; traitors can't be trusted.

[FatherofFive]

If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell?

He'll stop paying taxes.

[when the time is right]

I think it is better to have a real Donkey than a RINO behaving like an Ass.

[topher]

If he becomes a democrat, how will we be able to tell?

When he suffers FOOT-IN-MOUTH-Disease

[kabar]

If he is the nominee, the GOP has no choice.

[ConservativeMind]

“But, we need every RINO we can get!”