After more than 40 years as a Republican, Arlen Specter recently announced he will run as a Democrat in his 2010 re-election bid for the Pennsylvania Senate seat. Here again is proof that the difference between the two parties is so incredibly slight that a career politician has no problem switching sides.
In a statement, Senator Specter explained his change of heart was due to his support of the stimulus package.
“When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party. But, I saw the stimulus as necessary to lessen the risk of a far more serious recession than we are now experiencing.”
Seriously, who could be against putting our children and grand children into debt to pay for our debt-driven lifestyles? Who else can we turn to but government to keep our housing over-valued? Our houses have become our piggy banks, after all.
Interestingly, the CBS News is reporting that, according to a January poll, Specter “was trailing Republican Congressman Pat Toomey 41 percent to 27 percent among (Republican) primary voters in the state.” So has Specter had a change of heart? Or did Specter just be jump ship to save his political career?
How could I be so skeptical?
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He has a MUCH better chance of coming back to the Senate as a Democrat. This is obviously a career move.
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